SEDITIOSISTS AND STRIKERS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15971, 13 November 1919, Page 5

SEDITIOSISTS AND STRIKERS.

SERIOUS TROUBLE IN UJS. MEMBER OF I.W.W. LYNCHED. POUR SOLDIERS SHOT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Press Association.—Copyright.) Received November 13, 9.30 a.m. WASHINGTON, November 12. Martial law has been declare! in North Dakpta in order to break the miners’ strike, which is canting a coal famine. / ' At Centralia, Washington State, a mob lynched a member'of the I.W.W. from a railway bridge. After the man’s death, four soldiers were shot with revolvers as they were passing the I.W.W. headquarters during’ the Victory parade. Troops endeavoured to restore order. At Oakland, California, soldiers raided the I.W.W. headquarters, wrecked the building, and burned thp contents, i THE CENTRALIA OUTRAGE. ATTEMPT AT REVOLUTION. Received November 13, 10.40 a.m. WASHINGTON, November 12. Mr Johnson, speaking in the House of Representatives, said the Centralia outrage was obviously an attempt at an industrial revolution. Syndicalism and Communism were rampant in the United .States, which must purge itself of seditiomsts ami revolutionists. CHEAPER COAL.. WASHINGTON, November 12. It is understood that the Government is decreasing the price of coal by half-a-crown.