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Show P0lElI 1 i'JITII SiBtfiS; i I 1 jMcice Results From an At- tempt to Disperse Parade j of Textile Workers. j i LA W!;FN'"i:. Mass., March IS. Kn- count' rs hi tw-'.-n polieemeii and lexlile j 1 ?-i I . i's and sirik-e s vn i pat h i.er.s. which ! s'arte.i ill(:i Wiieji il.e .liieu brnke up a par.'oie, w-:v- resiniic.d tonight. The dis- I t iii'i'ajices were ihc most serious sinee the opei'ati'eS went, on strike six weeks' ui'j. i Shots v.' re fired at policemen from ten- ! ciueiit houses wihie- tljey were slrul iiu , wit h leaders o!' the parable, and tonight I he p.ji ice, evhaimed shoi s with occu-pauts occu-pauts of a house, who made an effort to; pre en t (hem from arrest im; a man who had thrown a shun: at an ofticer. Then: were two other conflicts in which ; no shots w ere fired. T w e 1 1 1 y -oi i e men a rresi -d do riui; the early riotiii were held under ?.j00 bonds, eaeji nu chalet s of i jici t'll'ii;' to riot. J-'iUlf' Ti'ien nrri.sted beca use of tonight's dis-turbancfs dis-turbancfs will be arraigned tomorrow. ''lie pol ice used ; lie i r clubs freely to- day after the strikers had thrown stones and bottles, and many ot those arrested , were bruised and cut. The strikers had picketed the mills dor- ' ins be opening hours. After the sates were closed they formed a column for a ; parade. At the head of the line, accord-1 ins to City Marshal T. J. O'Brien, were red fkms. ! Its summoned reserves from , jo! icq headquarters and read the riot act. j Stones and liotUes wore then thrown ! from the o u I sk i rt s of the crowd. Shots j also were fired from a near-by house, i but jio one was hit. Officers arrested all I the oeeupa nts of t he- build ins. i In t lie meantime oilier policemen and si rlke sympathizers ha d an encounter. ' Several persons were knocked down with: police clubs and two officers were hit by stones- or bottles. Strike leaders denied that any red flag's were carried and sa.id that an Italian flas must have been mistaken for tiic revolu- , tiouary banner in the fos. ' |