Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
SOLDIERS RUSH
MOBS IN PARIS
MAYDAY TIEUP
Thousands Sweep Past
Infantry = Other
Cities in Move.

cOCldLst May Day pdFaUe, was
knocked down by u returned
soldier who took the flag away.
This started general fight,
scores of police, soldiers and
civilians battling with the
marchers.
Cleveland, Ohio, May I.-One
man was killed, three police
men were shot and probably
200 persons were badly injured,
score or more of whom are in
hospitals, and more than 100
persons were arrested up to 5
O'clock this afternoon as the
result Of a May-day demOnStra.
ton which ended in a dozen
different riots In the downtown
section.
The dead man was a by-stander
who was killed when a patrolman
fired at a rioter.
Two Policemen Shot.
More than two score persons.
many of them women, were in
Jured in a series of riots that fol-
lowed entrance to the downtown
section of the Socialist May day
parade.
All police reserves, Liberty loan
trucks and army tanks were called
out to help quell the fights
Two policemen were shot by the
marchers and II persons, men and
women, were in the hospital short
ly after the riot started.
Rush Red Flag.
A woman riding in truck called
to the leader of the parade to drop
his red flag. When the latter re-
fused Lieutenant Seweski and Vir-
gil Cone, sailor, leaped from the
truck, tore the flag from the bearer
and knocked him down.
Several marchers attacked the
Liberty loan truck and in a moment
the entire street was a fighting
mass. Police rush to the rescue IN
emergency automobiles and drew
their clubs and revolvers in an at
tempt to disperse the mob. SewesKi
and Cone were knocked to the pave
ment and trampled.
While the foot patrolmen fought
against odds with the angry marcn-
ers, the entire force of mounted pa
trolmen galloped up. The rioters
continued to fight and many of them
were badly injured by clubs.
Paris, May while Paris and a
great part of France was tied up
today by labor's 24-hour general
strike as demonstration for better
working conditions and changes in
certain governmental policies, no
disorders had been reported up to
this afternoon.
Several persons were slightly IN
jured in clashes with troops re-
sisting the passage of crowd here
this afternoon. No shots were fired,
but few individuals were slapped
with swords
Later, crowds which gradually
had been assembling in the Place
Madeleine. broke through the in
fantry Gordon stretched between
the Madeleine and the Place de La
Concorde and swept down the Rue
Royale. Cavalry drove them back
into the side streets but several
thousand reached the Place d. la
Concorde.
Paris was gloomy this morning
as the weather was unfavorahle
for celebration of May day. The
rain continued and the cold was
rather uncomfortable. There were
no carriages. auto buses or taxi
cabs on the streets and no news
papers appeared.
irish Observe Day.
London, May MAY day"
promises to pass uneventfully in
Europe with the notable exceptions
Of Berlin and Paris where practi- |
cally every activity will be sus- !
pended because of 24-hour strikes.
All Irish workers except those in |
he northern parts of the island |
ceased work today. The railroads, |
factories and other in |
iustries closed in compliance with /
he order from the powerful Trans !
port Workers union.
Balk New York Demonstration. |
New York, May Efforts of So
,ialists toward a May day celebra- !
ion were baked by Chief of Po- /
ice John ]. Garritty, who refused /
o issue permit for a parade, al
hough importuned by Seymour
Stedman and other prominent So |
sialists. The parade had been
as a protest against the I'M /
orisOnment OF Eugene V. Debs. and /
against the conviction of Victor
Berger of Milwaukee. The Social
SITS planned to hold a number of /
mass meetings instead
Red Flags i'm Chicago.
Chicago. May Some red flags
which Unconditional policemen re-
moved from the roofs of two down
own elevated stations today, were
strong on May day radicalism. but
weak on spelling.
The flags bore these legends:
Long Live OF the All Warld";
'Proletarian dictatorship: Hoo
'ay of the Warld"; Socialist fed
raj soviet republic" and down
With the capitalist imperialistic
ystem."
At the department of justice, the
rude handling of simple words
md the poorer ones. suggested that
he display was that of foreigner
Who faithfully copied, letter by let
er, familiar radical phrases. but