Hunger stalked in the wake of unemployment throughout the United States to-day and many who engaged in demonstrations and begged for food and shelter received sore heads and bruised bodies from the night sticks of the polic Across the East River in Brooklyn today there were turbulent scenes '300 half-starved unemployed men and women milled about the Borough Hall barracks of the Salva-tio Army. They demanded food and when they failed to get it they staged a riot of no mean proportions.
Police reserves were hastily summoned in response to a riot call. The police found the demonstrators threatening to break down doors. 'Using their sticks as blackjacks the police charged the crowd, Several' of the unemployed were knocked down by mounted police officers. After a short but spirited battle the Jerowds were dispersed.
Faustina Vidal, the daughter of the Colorums' second in command, Played a prominent part fu the up Rising. "She carried a flag which waved wildly as she urged the Colorums on to bloodshed and arson.
Tt is known that in the attack on ayuse the Colorums killed at 22 men and 19 women. Mos the dead women were little more than school girl Prisoners taken by the troopers vealed that they were in sympathy with a schoolgirl secret society in Wayig and that most of the girls who participated in the upr first had been mere onlookers. "Tu inciting their followers warfare Chief Abe and Second Chief Vidal promised the people that when they gained control of the government they would abolish all taxes. As a result they misled large num: hers of or peasants, fayug correspondent of the He women, stabulary garrison at two oclock Sunday morning. Inthe initial battle Lieutenant Bachini and Lieutenant San Pedro were killed. Five Constabulary men were wounded before there was time to call for reinforcements from Manila.
When the invasion began most of the inhabitants, of Tayug fled. The fierce Colorums, many of them inspired by religious zeal, burned dozen houses, the post office the Constabulary barracks and. sacked other buildings before the reinforcements arrived.
Te as 9.0 o'clock last night before the Constabulary commanders were able: to announce' that the Colorums had been dispersed, leav-{ng many dead and wounded behind them.
The remnants of the attackers fare now fleeing toward the towns Asingan and San Nicolas.
Until the reinforcements arrived rom Manila the Colorums, after vvanguishing the garrison defenders, of Jost souls. But this was more easily broken up, albeit there were aching muscles and stomachs still empty when it was all over.
Out in England, Arkansas, an jereasing number of destitute farmers appealed to the Red Cross. Most of those who were begging for food in Arkansas had some a few weeks ago but they had shared it with the less fortunate, The farmers lost their crops and their live stock during last summer's drought and now they must be aided or face starvation. They have neither money nor credit.
In St, Paul, Minnesota, a committee of militant unemployed persons conferred with Mr. Floyd Olson, the newly inaugurated governor of the state. They demanded that at once Minnesota spend G.$26,- 000,000 in public works construction so that jobs may be created for thousands of men who have no work and who have families dependent pon them, Further, the unemployed in Minnesota demanded that the state them with free food, homes, light and hoat.—United Press.
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