I.W.W. HALL WRECKED.
AMERICAN SAILORS ANGRY.
: (BY CABLE—KftESS ■ ASSOCIATION COPTBIGHT.) '. (AUSTBALIANVAKD- N.Z. CABLB ASSOCiATIOK.ji '!'":'" .'. June 15. ; ' - At San: Pedro, California, a crowd: of sailors and civilians, angered byy disparaging remarks, allegedly' made by Radicals about .the 48 men killed in the explosion on the battleship Mississippi, wrecked the I.W.W. hall .whilean entertainment was progressing. Two girls, who were serving coffee, were scalded when the coffee-urn was overturned, and a man, resisting the attackers, was injured. ' The crowd broke the windows and doors and. threw the furniture and fixtures into the street, where a -bonfire was made. • •.-,:'■
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18101, 17 June 1924, Page 8
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