Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-04-26 | Page 1 | Chicago Teachers Ejected by Police

CHICAGO TEACHERS EJECTED BY POLICE CHICAGO April 26 Chanting R-Chanting Chanting a battle cry of Pay your taxes 2500 Chicago teachers today stormed the offices of the Chicago Title Trust company in the loop Several hundred hundred hun hun- I dred swarmed up the stairways to the second floor loor executive offices and fists flew as police ejected them Several fainted and w were wre re carri carried d U th street t. t Plate-glass Plate windows win vin- dows were vet broken Traffic came cameto to a standstill Several policemen lost their caps and their uniforms were torn as they tried to restore order among the militant mill mili tant teachers Clubs were wielded but no one was severely injured The doors of the trust company were barricaded so the teachers milled about in the street before continuing con con continuing their march The teachers explained their demonstration demonstration dem demo was prompted by bythe the fact fad that considerable property controlled b by the the- trust company was delinquent in taxes School officials have declared that prompt payment of taxes would yield enough h cash to pay teachers a substantial substantial sub sub- part of the back salaries due them