AMERICAN STRIKE RIOTS.
MILITIA CALLED OUT. BAYONET CHARGES MADE. By Telegraph Press Association—Copyright. New York, March 24. A strike in the town of Depere (Wisconsin) yesterday culminated in a fight between the opposing parties, in which several men were seriously injured. The Governor (Mr. F. E. • McGovern) then ordered out the militia, and the strikers assembled around the factories where the strike had arisen. The militia had to make several bayonet charges before they could clear the rioters away. A strike of street railwayman followed, the strikers holding up a train. Several were injured during the disturbances which ensued.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15567, 26 March 1914, Page 7
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