WORLD’S JOBLESS MULTITUDE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18512, 8 March 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)

WORLD’S JOBLESS MULTITUDE.

International Day Of Protest.

MASS DEMONSTRATION IN U.S-A. (United Press Association- By Electric Tel egr^ph—Copyright.) (Received March 7. 9.15 pan.) NEW YORK, March 7. New York with 50,000 celebrants, and Detroit with 75,000 had the most important demonstrations in connection with the observation of the International Unmployment Day which, on the whole were considered serious. The day was held in Chicago without disorder of any kind. The demonstration opened with a parade of 4000 marchers, which quietly moved through the streets without any attempt to proceed to the City Hall. Clash With Police. Using tear-gas bombs, the police broke up an “Unemployment Day” demonstration before White House and arrested a dozen persons. Several men were injured in a miniature riot, which was abruptly suppressed. Riot calls followed outbreaks in Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh and Detroit, where numerous arrests were made. Several fights occurred and les> violent demonstrations took place throughout the country.

“Worst Since the War.” A hundred persons were injured in a riot, which is described by Police Commissioner Whelan as “the worst since the war.” When Communists gathered about soap-box orators in Union Square and attempted to march towards the City Hall, the police, one of whom sustained a fractured skull, attempted to stem the column. Rioting then commenced, and numerous persons were battered, crushed or trampled upon in the scrimmage. Many Communists vere arrested, including three prominent leaders. Other North American cities where rioting and demonstrations occurred were Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee. Seattle, Oakland, and Toronto. In all these there was some fighting between police and demonstrators. Reports from Newhaven (Connecticut) indicated that the rioting there had been attended by considerable fighting. Several persons were injured when the police were dispelling the rioters. Some fear was felt that the demonstrators might attack the City Hall, which was locked against invasion. “RED THURSDAY” IN EUROPE LARGELY BECOMES A FIASCO. (United Press Association—By Slectria Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received March 7, 9.35 p.m.) LONDON, March 6. “Red Thursday,” organised throughout thgpworld by the Communists, as an International Unemployed Day, appears to have achieved nothing beyond several broken heads suffered here and there in the course of the universal policy of the breaking up of the various demonstrations. The whole thing was a fiasco. London’s storm centre was the Tower Hill, to which was made a procession carrying banners, and where some five hundred gathered. A section attempted to rush in the direction of the Mansion House, but they came up against a body of mounted police. There was a general melee, in which five people were injured slightly. They finally reassembled at the Tower Hall where Mr Tom Mann flambuoyantly spoke of the “cowards and Incompetents” tn the Labour Government. At Glasgow, two hundred made a procession to the City Chambers. Two were arrested when attempting to make a speech, and two others who attempted a rescue were also taken into custody, after which the remainder broke up into groups and discussed their grievances. In Manchester, the police broke up a demonstration, and five people were arrested. These were later fined 40/each. Reports from all European centres reveal similar episodes. In Paris, the police were so strongly reinforced that demonstrations were impossible. To give an idea of their watchfulness, three persons sticking bills, were arrested. The Berlin police, with rubber truncheons, rapidly dispersed two thousand who assembled in the centre of the city, and began stoning the police, who used revolvers, killing two. At Warsaw, a handful tried in vain to stir up a crowd of unemployed, but were arrested before they were successful. In Vienna, seven were arrested when they attempted to break through a police cordon. A procession of 1500 demonstrator was jeered.