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Show : - . ' ; : . t - 5 Cc!:red KrJrA ::n;;.rdn::rj;iQ Crc:i- r . J cry " -and . LliLtcd 'linps. . , BALTIMORE. March Three Baltimore county police omcers ana a half ' dozen employee! of the Industrial Home for Colored Girls at Melvale were in-- in-- jured during- a riot at the institution in which the young Amazons fought with amazing ferocity and for hours were. to. .complete possession of a' portion. of J. the building. . ' ' - t :, ' . : ' . The uprising was premeditated. One of the Inmates refused tos do her work, and when the matron, '.Miss Maude Moore, ordered her to go to her room the - T . girl refused. As Miss Moote stepped forward to enforce her command a" dozen of tne &lrls shouted that K she touched the girl they would tear her eyes out. Miss Moore telephoned the county police headquarters and Patrolman Rute- ledge drove to the institution. All the girls were at supper. When he entered the fifty inmates arose as one girl and began a furious bombardment with tea ' cups, plates and every dish they could lay their hands upon. Lighted lamps ' .. were hurled at the officer. He retired, bleeding from a half-dozen wounds In the face and head. It was three hours before reinforcements arriTed in the person! of Officer Bell of Govanstown and Officer German of Towson. 1 - Officer Jerman entered the room to "reason" with, the girls. They went at him like a swarm of devils. They knocked him down, cut him with broken china ? ' and glassware, stabbed him with forks and nearly tore His nothing to tatters. X , Finally the three officers, made a sortie, and after a battle lasting a half " hour arrested two of the ringleaders, quelling the mutiny. In this final battle ' X.' . eight employees of the Institution took a hand, and all of them were roughly . handled. More than a score of the girls had their dresses torn from their backs and fought In a practically nude condition. An investigation will be Imme-j, Imme-j, diately begun. . - |