The Archive · 1926

Workers Assaulted

According to unofficial reports from the provinces, the most disorderly place hitherto has been Glasgow, where mounted police had to be called out in the Parkhead District to repel attacks upon train curs and motor omnibuses. One tramway inspector was hauled off a car and assaulted so badly that he had to be taken to hospital. The windows of another car wers smashed but the passengers escaped! injury.

Omnibuses in the Renfrewshir. District had to be withdrawn after number had been forced to spec!

to escape their pursuing assail ants.

Reports of cars being overturned have been received from Renfrew and Nottingham, while at Dundee 1 manager of tramways tried to run a car. Strikers blocked the and the ear had to be abai At Nottingham, strikers seized the carburetters and poured out th petrol from omnibuses worked by volunteers.

Conflicting reports received of last evening's disorders} at Poplar, some minimizing, other: intensifying the gravity of what} happened there.

'A. crowd of 6,000 strikers at Stoke-on-Trent to-day stoned aa} omnibus which police were protocting and broke the windows. Ths police then charged with their batons, injuring a number of strike era. Five persons were arrested ute

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