UNEMPLOYED RIOT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18367, 9 April 1934, Page 7

UNEMPLOYED RIOT

CLASH IN AMERICA BATTLE WITH POLICE MINNEAPOLIS, April C. One of the most serious riots that has yet occurred anywhere in the country, the result of the cessation of relief provisions for .the unemployed, took place hore to-day, following the arrest of a delegation wearing red arm bands, and ’led by a woman on crutches, as it attempted to enter the Town Hall to’present demands for a continuation of the civil works administration and for cash relief funds.

A fight between the police and the unemployed ensued, resulting in injury to 18. persons and.the spattering of the ' sidewalks with 'blood. Three thousand demonstrators attempted to rush 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 machine guns aipl mounted men near’the building depended chiefly on batons and tear gas to restrain the rioters, the latter'hurled paving blocks, coal and scrap iron from passing vehicles, not only finding police targets, but doing considerable damage to the 'Town Hall itself. With the howls of the mob clearly audible, the City Council hurriedly voted relief demands. When this information was communicated to the rioters they gradually dispersed, but the police maintained a heavy cordon around the building on rumors that a bomb outrage might be attempted.