STRIKES AND DISTURBANCES IN AMERICA.
[bsutxb's tklwjrakb.] Btertred May Eih, 1 pm,
IStevr Toek, May 4, The laboring classes in the United States have commenced an agitation far I the initiation of the eight hoars' movement. Strikes are extending over a widespread area, and have resulted at Chicago in a serious riot, which took place yesterday, resulting in the lose of several lives. It is alleged that the outbreak was instigated by a foreign Socialist organisation. Disturbances of a more or less serious nature are reported from several industrial centres.
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Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6435, 6 May 1886, Page 3
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