U.S. SHIPPING STRIKE.
RIOTS AT BALTIMORE.
By Tslarropli—Press Association—CepyriiH Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK. May 11. At Baltimore striking seamen, numbering 1500 desperadoes, made several fierce attacks on non-union workers, •hiefly negroes, on the wharves yesterday. Violent conflicts resulted, during which pistols and knives were used- A lojoen men were badly injured. A hundred arrests were made. The police •ere temporarily overpowered during a heavy assault in the financial district, out quiet was restored by the evening.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16424, 12 May 1921, Page 5
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79U.S. SHIPPING STRIKE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16424, 12 May 1921, Page 5
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