New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14
POLICEMAN KILLED
IN LIVERPOOL RIOTS
Strikers Barricade Themselves in
Houses and VoIley BlueCoatS
with Chimney Pots.
TROOPS TO RESTORE ORDER
Mob Fights Desperately with
Sticks and Stones and Wrests
Batons from Representa-
tives of the Law.
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IBy cable 70 The Tribune
London. AUG. 1.-THE labor situation
IS going from bad 10 worse. Strike
mania is in the air. and the riots that
occurred in Liverpool yesterday were
cutie Unprecedented within living mem
cry The scene was like battlefield
and cve-witnesses comment on the saw
Arerv Of the mob and the retaliatory
tactics Of the police imported from Biz
lnineham.
The whole city is ablaze with rage and
bitter enmitv, and fresh trouble may
break ont at any moment. A Liverpool
crowd is the most excitable. the most
reckless and the toughest in the coun-
try. and sectarian strife has given II
long apprenticeship in the science OF
rioting
An branches Of transport workers are
seething with unrest. and the great IN
creases I'm wages secured IN some OF last
weeks settlements have unbalanced
many Of the men
At the bottom Of the railway trouble
Is the Cancellation scheme devised by
David LLOYD George and Richard Bel
in 1897 Under II agreements were
mcde between most Of the companies
and their men which should prevent all
strikes until 1914. but the men are
hopelesslv dissatisfied With the work
ing 81 the scheme and bitterly lament
the slowness Of the results it yields.
riva~rcoi Auz 13-Serious riotins. grow
,nr or Of the strike which is in progress
he-o. occurred this afternoon one police
nan z,as killed by being struck on the
head with a brick and many persons were
injured
Two hours AFTER midnight mob set hre
- two houses IN Gerard street ard stood
about and cneered while they were burn
Lg
am alta-- alton between o policeman ana
strikers during transport workers dem
onstra,ion ar St Georges Hall starred
che trouble which illuminated IN q general
r,AlAe when. after this disorder had bean
put down and the strikers scattered. theN
gathered AGAIN N the Ishngton quarter and
resumed their attacks upon the representa-
tivss NJ Tho law. Will serious results
Ona hundred thousand ren were gath
erad IN groups about - Georges HAN
listening - speeches hy labor ssiiators
and the scenes Of violence following the
attack upon the policeman necessitated me
calling ont ~ the police reserves. w nsh
The latter arrived one party OF fifteen DO
Hcsrren was surrounded and disarmed the
rioters attacking them with their own
hatons IN tho. fight the commanding ofhcer
Of the police was dangerously wounded
50 great was the disorder that the riot
act vas read and troops were called out
20 assist the police The mob fought des-
perately with sticks. stones and other
HANDY missiles Gradually however. by
the combined efforts Of the troops and po-
nre ths crowds. which We're surrounding
seven akers' platforms erected on the
platesu fronting the hall. were cleared
ava Many policemen and rioters we're
injured in The hand-to-hsud lighting. The
~ rioters have threatened 20 attack he
R1nswspapsr offices. which are closely
Vguarded
after tbe night - Georges Hall was
converted into a temporarr hospital and
the wounds Of many persons We're attended
20 b. physicians
Driven from the centre NJ the city. the
crowd sullenlv repaired 20 the Islinston
quarter. one Of the lowest and toughest IN
Liverpool Here the police were haf7eo
by The rarrov-uess Of the streets. The riot
ers barricaded themselves I'm the houses
and volleved down bricks. States and chin
rev ncts from tho roofs upon the heads Of
the blu@eoats.
Details az 70 casualties ara still incom-
rlste. Constable Cookson. however,. was
killed by a blow on the head and Superln-
tendent OF Police Bolton was taken 70 d
ho-rital in a precarious condition. II Is
rInored that some houses We're set on IRE
during me disturbances.
Fierce 6ghting continued in tho Islin2tou
quarter until nearly midnight In Christian
Sweet the rioters erected barbados and
started fires % impede the mounted police
Tho riot act was read second time and
troore were called 70 deal with the situa-
ton A military officer was wounded and
much property wrecked
During the dav forty policemen ana
s,xtv civilians were injured. many Of them
seriously The temper % the rioters IS
shown by the fact that they even attacked
the ambulance surgeons and the fremen
who we're called ont 10 extinguish in
CondldTN nreS Dfe pollDtIiidu lldu MS "a"
srnasned. with bottle
The violence OF the mob was indescrio-
able" saws ar eve witness ''The air was
nued with brick. pieces Of granite. iron
missiles broken glass and bottles which
must have been brought 20 the scene inten-
tionaily After every baton charge by the
police the scene was sickeninG There were
scores Of PROSTATE forms. bleeding from
the head and face. some OF them insensible.
When the rioters dispersed the place was
like a shambes Blood was everywhere.
Ambulances and cabs were used IN remov-
ing the wounded The police force was
totally unable TO deal with the situation"
The outbreak 81 Is alleged. was largely
due 70 the strikers resentment Of indis-
Greet conduct on tine part Of members Of
the police force brought here from Biz
ringham 10 assist in maintaining order.
Ton Mann who was one Of the leaders
Of me demonstration. has lodged a formal
protest with tho chief constable against
what he describes as a brutal attack by
Birmingham constable on one Of the strik-
ers
Ali accounts agree ~ 10 the bloody nat
urs Of the riotiue. When tie trouble be-
ean a small squad % Birmingham police.
y is generally admitted. az once used their
trllncheons with merciless differentiation.
According ~ most OF the uarrators they
had no alternative. "a one OF their number
was thrown 20 the ground and nearly
kicked 70 death. The hremen tried 70
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