The Archive · 1930

International Unemployment Day

Demonstrations in Europe and America Kept Well in Hand by the Authorities London, Mar. 6. curred elsewhere in the city Communist attempts to-day to stage demonstrations throughout he world in connection with "International Unemployed Day" have, up to the present, proved mainly a Reports from the Continent show that elaborate, police precautions were adopted, Many arrests were made, but there were few serious disorders, except in Berlin, where, im the evening, the police' had to use their batons and revolvers freely against Communist demons. trators. Late this evening it was earned that 73 persons had been arrested in Berlin and one demonstrator shot dead, while eleven injured, civilians and five potice had been

Minor disorders occurred in other towns in Germany.

Mar. 7.

Communist demonstrations in con-ection with "International Unemployed Day" in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin resulted in skir= 33 with the police and a number of arrests were made.

Five people were injured when London police prevented demonstrate ers from marching to the Mansion House—Wireless through Reuter.

New York, Mar, 6, Despite the extraordinary precautions taken by the police to-day on. the occasion "International Unemployed umber of minor disorders occurred in various arts of the country.

The police were obliged to use tear gas to disperse demonstrators in front of the White House, where -aeveral Communists were injured. A score of them were arrested.

Seventy-five thousand persons participated in a demonstration at Union Square, in New York, Several police and a number of Communists were injured in a conflict when the police prevented the demonstrators from. marching to. the City Hall, The ring-leaders were arrested.

Seven arrests wore made in Boston to-day following disorders. the occasion of "International Labour Day."

Disorders also took place in Retroit, where the police dispersed a demonstration of 100,000 unemployed persons, Twelve' persons Were injured and 17 arrested in the process, Scores of arrests were made in Pittsburgh, where demonstrations, also took place, In Chicugo, where demonstrations were banned owing to the fact that the would-be paraders had been told to bring knives and black-jacks and te attack the police, the Chief of Police gave the leaders of a pro-Jected demonstration of unemploy-'€d persons permission to call on the Mayor.—Reuter,

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