STRIKE RIOTS.
DISTURBANCE AT CHILDERS. 1 SUGAR FACTORY ATTACKED. SEVERAL PERSONS RECEIVE INJURIES. Of feteg'Aph, —Press Association.— Copyright, BRISBANE, 27th July. A serious riot has occurred at Chitders, the principal town in the leie sugar-producing district. i A body of 160 1 sugar strikers attacked ! forty free labourers in a factory, «n«.sh« I ing the windows and damaging the machinery. Several persona were also injured. A magistrate was cent for to read the Riot Act. The dimturbance was eventually quelled. The extended idleness ia the district has caused business to come to a st&ndetiil. A CHICAGO FRAY,. POLICE CHARGE* THE CROWD. .NEwToRK. 27th July. A strike of pedlars in Chicago against a anti-noise ordinance has resulted in Women carrying babies took a prominent part in the disturbances. The police, drawing their revolvers, charged the crowd, which Was stoning an antistrike pedlar. Scores of person* were injured, and three of the police had to be taken to th^ hospital.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24, 28 July 1911, Page 7
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158STRIKE RIOTS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24, 28 July 1911, Page 7
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