TEXTILE STRIKERS
BATTLE WITH POLICE.
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.
At Pawtucket striking textile workers engaged in a battle with the police. Two strikers were killed and mairy injured. The Governor called out the military.
At Pavvtueket, Rhode Island, the police fired on a crowd of textile strikers before the Jenckes Spinning Company's mills, following a refusal to disperse. Two were killed and several wounded. The Riot Act was read and State cavalry is patrolling the Pawtucket valley.
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Bibliographic details
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 23 February 1922, Page 5
Word Count
80
TEXTILE STRIKERS
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 23 February 1922, Page 5
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