FREMANTLE RIOT

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5610, 6 May 1919, Page 2

FREMANTLE RIOT

Bid Mint FUBEB STRIKERS SENSATIONAL threat: INTERNATIONAL ASPECT. MORE CONFLICTS. ' SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable.' (Received May 6, 11 i.m.) SYDNEY, this flay. The secretary of the Transport Workers’ Federation states that unless a settlement of the Fremantle dispute is ai ranged, that which the federation \'3 most anxious to avoid will be forced upon it. .It is feared that if a settlement is not arrived at the trouble will assume, an international aspect, as the federation is in constant communication with tho transport workers of Great Britain. (Received May 6, 11 a.m.) FREMANTLE; this day Further rioting occurred on the wharves, when several volunteers were leaving, a crowd of strikers and women attacking and severely dealing With them. > Later in the day a large force of returned soldiers marched through tho streets and requested the ‘ shopkeepers not to serve the police with provisions. Towards evening a policeman was attacked by returned soldiers and badly .'injured. Other police came to his assistance. and after firing-several shots drove the rioters off. A number o': police were injured. Reports received later state that tho soldiers are organising an attack on the police station. A meeting of railway workers has decided to support the lumpers'-in every «y- _____