RIOT IN AMERICA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 110, 9 April 1934, Page 7

RIOT IN AMERICA.

SCENES IN MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS, April 6. One of the most serious riots that has yet occurred anywhere in _ the country as a result of the cessation of relief provisions for unemployed took place here to-day. Following the arrest of a delegation wearing red armbands _ and led by a woman on crutches as it attempted to enter the Town Hall to present demauds for a continuation of tho Oiyil Works Administration and cash relief funds, a fight between police and unemployed ensued, resulting in injury to 18 persons and the spattering of the sidewalks with blood. Three thousand demonstrators attempted to rush upon the Town Hall, only to be repeatedly repulsed by the police, 10 of whom were badly beaten by the mob. While the policemen refrained from employing the machine-guns mounted near the building, depending chiefly on batons and tear gas to restrain the rioters, the latter hurled paving blocks, coal and scrap iron from passing vehicles. Besides hitting police, these did considerable damage to the Town Hall itself. With the howls of the mob clearly audible the City Council hurriedly voted the relief demands. When this information' was communicated to the rioters they gradually dispersed, but police maintained a heavy cordon around the building on rumours that a bomb outrage might be attempted.