The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-06-11
Spectator Fatally Injured,
Seven Others Wounded by
Bullets and Several Police
men Are Badly Cut by
Flying Missiles in Dis
turbance Outside Mills
THIRTY OFFICERS
FIRE INTO CROWD
Appeal for Help Sent to
Salem and Posse of Eigh-
teen Is Rushed to Ipswich
in Automobiles-Tro
Started by Attack by /. w.
w. Pickets on Workers

IPSWICH. Mass. June 10. - One
woman was shot and killed. seven
others persons were wounded by bull
lets and many others. including sew
eraI policemen, were hurt by flying
missiles in a strike riot outside the
Ipswich hosiery mills tonight.
Seven persons, including leaders OF
the Industrial workers of the World,
were arrested.
The dead woman was Ticoletta Pau
delopeuIou. 81 years old, spectator Of
The fight
Five of the wounded were hurried to
the Salem hospital in an automobile.
They were placed upon operating
tables before their names had been
learned
An appeal for help was sent to Salem
and IS ofhcers We're rushed here in
automobiles Order had been restored,
however, before their arrival
The actual hghtng did not last more
than five minutes.
PICKETS STOP WORKERS
The trouble started when piekets OF
the Industrial Workers of the World.
who have conducted a strike against
the hosiery mills for seven weeks to
gain an increase in wages, interfered
with the 500 English speaking eny
pIoyes as they left the mills tonight
The so policemen on duty tried to pro
4 teet the employees, but cohld not restore
order.
Chairman Hall of the board of Sc
Iectmen, began reading the riot act. but
this only caused the pickets, who
could not understand English. to be-
come more demonstrative.
Bricks and bottles began to fly as
the police charged the mob.
According to spectators. shots were
fred from two tenement houses, over
looking the scene. occupied by mill
hands.
POLICE BEGIN FIRING
officers in the street began firing and
the mob broke and fed.
Several victims of bullets were
stretched on the pavements. Blood was
trickling down the faces of many OF
the officers where broken bottles and
bricks had hit them.
Miss Paudelopeulou was removed to
a physicians Office. where she died.
Physicians said she had been shot
through the top of the head
The girl was leaving her work in
another mill. when. attracted by the
crowd in front of the Ipswich mill. she
walked down the street to see what
was the matter. She was caught in
. the rush of the crowd. and before she
could get away was shot down.
While five OF the injured were hur-
ried 10 hospital in Salem, three
others were treated by local physicians
for bullet wounds
Among the Is persons arrested are
Industrial Workers. and E. L Pingree,
secretary of the Industrial Workers in
Lowell, and his wife
Two Women in Hospital
SALEM, Mass, June 1o-The. FIVE
victims Of the rioting at Ipswich who
were brought to the Salem hospital are
expected to recover.
They are:
Mrs. Flora Cornelius: shot above the
eye; Staff1s Jorekopolus, shot through
the ankle; Archas Paraskayas, bullet
wound above knee; George Kalyas. shot
in leg; Mrs. Panagiova Paganus shot
through right cheek.
Mrs. Cornelius said she had no con-
nection wit hthe riot.
Jorekopolus is fruit dealer He
said he remained at his stand all
through the disturbance.
The other three are mill operatives.