New Britain herald., 1930-03-06

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 By the Associated Press.
 Minor disorders flared in today's | observance of international uncm- ployment day" in the United States and Europe. Demonstrators were | arrested in number of cities after clashes with the police, notably in | Washington, London and Berlin.
 -STear gas was used by Washington police to disperse a gathering of un employment day demonstrators in front of the White House. Six lead CTS in fight with the police were arrested.
 Previously President Hoover had instructed the police to allow the demonstrators to carry out their tbpv derly and did not trcspass on fed eral park land.
 Demonstrations were held in other American cities. Police in Waterbury. Conn.,, broke up demonstration and arrested four in ciuding a woman. In Worcester, Mass. five alleged communists were arrested.
 About 15,00o demonstrators gath cred in Union Square, New York, sang the "Internationalc' and lis tened to denunciations of capitalis- tic America.
 There were numerous delnon- strations in Europe and some clashes between police and com munists most of which ended with the arrest of leaders.
 Five men were injured in a sllir- nish with police in London after an, effort to interview the lord mayor. Four communist leaders were arrested in Dublin.
 In Berlin police and unemployed clashed at municipal employment offices where 5000 unemployed were gathered. Riots also were re- ported at Hamburg, Drcslau and hiel.
 There were demonstrations at Antwerp, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Vienna, Budapest, Manchester and in Paris few hundred workers went on strike, but there were no serious disorders. In several cases leaders were arrested and the demonstrators dispersed.
 Tear Gas Used
 Washington, Mar. (Pl-Polce used tear gas today to disperse gathering of unemployment day. demonstrators in front of the White House. Several were injured in struggle with the police when Bert Lawrence, leader of the demonstra- fon oli +n nf the iron ! fence separating the White House grounds from Pennsylvania avenue and attempted to speak.
 Viewed as Violation
 The police construed this attempt as violation of President Hoover's instructions, which said that there was to be no interference so long as-the demonstration confined itself to- the public street.
 Two policemen, one In plain clothes, forced Lawrence from the fence back to the sidewalk. A youth Of about IS years wearing fam ing red sweater grasped one of the police from behind and a general melee started.
 The youth in red fell with the po- liceman to the pavement. And an other policeman pulled his revolver and another policeman pulled tear bomb and released charge of tear gas into the demonstrators.
 They fled in all directions at once, but the close packed group of spec tators prevented their complete dis persal.
 Six Of the leaders in the fight were arrested immediately and escorted to a patrol wagon. The placards carried by the demonstra tors were torn from their hands and trsqnpled by the crowd.
 Those arrested were taken 10 po- lice headquarters, while the remain ing group scattered in all directions. Meantime a patrol wagon packed with police reserves arrived, hasten- ing the dispersal Of the crowd.
 Throughout the demonstration the president remained at work in his office a hundred yards away.
 Booed and Chcered
 Boston, March P)-A comnun- ist. demonstration against Unem- ployment" got underway here q: noon today with boos and cheers from a crowd of about 5000 greet ing the speakers who delivered ad- dresses from the Parkman band stand on the Common. A squad 0f 20~policemen was on duty but had little to do other than listen.
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