STRIKE CLASH

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 33, 2 November 1928, Page 11

STRIKE CLASH

WORST IN MELBOURNE PARTY OF VOLUNTEERS BATTERED ONE MAN THROWN INTO SEA (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Rec. November 1, 7.50 p.m.) Melbourne, November 1. The worst clash arising out of the strike occurred to-day between unionists and volunteers. Seven volunteers travelling in a train to Port Melbourne were battered all the way from the city to the waterside, a distance of four miles. One was thrown into the sea and stones thrown at him In the water. Six more were pushed into a pit alongside the Port Melbourne station, despite the warning that another train was due. The attackers carried waddies concealed in newspapers. The man was rescued from the sea more dead than alive. Volunteers on the pier had to be restrained from making a counter-attack. The police state that the first attack on the volunteers occurred when the men were about to enter a train for Port Melbourne. They were hopelessly outnumbered, knocked down and kicked, and were just able to struggle into the train, where the attacks were continued. . Isolated fights occurred on the Port Melbourne wharves for two hours. Mounted troopers arrived and dispersed the rioters, who had grown to a thousand. Dreadful language was used the whole time. THE BOMB OUTRAGES REWARD DOUBLED Melbourne, November 1. The reward for the discovery of the authors of the bomb outrages has been increased from £5OO to £lOOO.