MAY DAY
RIOTOUS GATHERINGS IN PARIS.
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)
PARIS, May 1
Infantry and cavalry reinforced the gendarmerie to prevent May Day demonstrators marching to the Place de la Concorde. Firemen urned fire hoses bn the crowd, who twice broke the military cordons. Many heads were broken in baton charges. Another riotous crowd gathered in the Place de , Longera, and shouted, “Down with the Government.” The outlook was uglier at nightfall.
RIOTS IN AMERICA
Australian & N.Z Cable Association!
NEW YORK, May 1
Soldiers and sailors stormed a May Day labour demonstration in Madison Square. Police reserves dispersed the crowds, who left three dead. At Cleveland I.W.W. riots started when soldiers seized a red flag carried in a procession.
PARIS RIOTS CONTINUED,
(Australian & N.Z. Cable, Association J
LONDON, May 2. The Paris riots continued at night.
The demonstrators attemped to barricade the streets, but mounted troops charged the mob. A great number of wounded, including: Deputy Cachin, editor of L’Hririanite, and a Municipal Councillor.
THREE POLICEMEN SHOT AT
BOSTON,
(Rec. May 3, 11.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 2,
The New York World’s correspondent at Boston states that three policemen w?re shot and a .number of persons injured in May Day riots between soldiers, sailors and Radicals.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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