I.W.W. TROUBLES.
PACIFIC COAST RIOTS. 100 CHARGES OF MURDER. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Heater's Telegrams. NEW YORK, November 11. The cruiser Tacoma and the torpedo boat destroyer Goldsborough have been sent to Everett upon a recurrence of the I.W.W. troubles. One hundred murder charges have been laid as a result of the recent riots. [A message received hist week from Vancouver said: —Three hundred members of the 1.W.W., who had been expelled from Kverett, Washington, arrived from Seattle and attempted to land. The citizens armed themselves with shotguns and opposed the landing. A pitched battle ensued, in which six were killed and 40 wounded. The steamer was riddled with bullets, and was forced to return to Seattle, where State Militia with fixed bayonets received the rioters.] '
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 864, 16 November 1916, Page 8
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