MAY DAY GESTURES

Northern Advocate, 3 May 1932, Page 6

MAY DAY GESTURES

AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS NO SERIOUS TROUBLE. RAIN COOLS ARDENT SPIRITS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 1. Although May Day demonstrations were held in many cities in the United States and South and Central America, no reports of serious trouble are to hand. Sixty thousand Communists and sympathisers paraded in Lower New York. Heavy rain kept many spectators away, and probably prevented clashes. Three hundred police kept paraders moving, and guarded the City Hall and other buildings. . Demonstrators carried banners bearing devices demanding free rent, food and employment, and denouncing capitalism. CANADIAN COMMUNISTS. SPECTATORS INCENSED. RESTRAINED BY POLICE. (Received I p.m.) •VANCOUVER, May 2. Growing resentment against “Reds’' was a feature of the May Day demonstrations throughout the Dominion. At Timmins, Ontario, the police were forced to restrain the spectators, who were determined to break up a Communist parade, , At Vancouver, attacks by “Rods’' on the Mayor, public officials and the police are creating a situation whereby a number of organisations are offering to “handle the Reds’ challenge” to hold a prohibited parade Aext Saturday. ACUTE DISTRESS. POSITION AT MILLERTON. IMPATIENT DEMONSTRATORS. WOMEN DEMAND FOOD. (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) WESTPORT, This Day. May Day celebrations were held in the mining communities yesterday. About 200 miners with their wives and families came in from Millerton and held a demonstration in Victoria Square, where addresses were delivered by members of the Miners’ Union in reference to distress at Millerton, and by executive members of the Unem.ployed Union on the working-class movement.

At 3.30 p.m, delegates met members of the Duller Hospital Board at a special meeting at the Town Hall, and urged that further relief be given, owing to the acute distress. In the meantime a large crowd demonstrated outside, singing the “International” and the “Eed Flag.” Becoming impatient, the crowd stormed the meeting inside the Town Hall, the demonstrators being led In women, who harangued the actingchairman and board members, demand

ing food. Mr -Clark, chairman of the Millorton Miners’ Union, addressing the gathering, stated they had placed the matter in the hands of the executive, and he asked, them to curb their impatience and retire for ten minutes while the delegates continued their conference with the board.

After further protests the demonstraors withdrew, and the conference continued. The board agreed to issue dockets to 7 i) applicants for whom previous appeals had been made, and also to deal with other applications on their merits. .

Messrs Clark and Adams then addressed the crowd outside, stating the decision which had been arrived at, and counselling the people to disperse quietly. The injunction was obeyed, and the crowd dispersed, later leaving for Millerton in cars and buses supplied for the occasion by business people anil others.