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Show strike bsi:;gs RDGIIOFMOa. IN LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL Aug. IS.' A . retgn of terror exMta hare 'and trsope are pouring 1m to tika ally 4 PLl 4own dlaordae. .. A epectal guard baa nbaaa detailed to pro tact the landing atage of the tran.-Atlan-tle .taam.ra whlcru.- It ta aaaarted. the rioter, nave planned to deetror by fire. Five prlaon vana, eaoerted by Bfty Hue-cmra, Hue-cmra, which ware carrying riot prlaonera from tha poHoe oaurt to Waltham lalL were attacked laat night by seoe mambera of tha rougheat ehraa la VaulhaJI .treat. The mob threw ralaatlea of every daeorlp. tlon, and tn defending th.ma.lva. the Huaaara flred. At (I rat blanks were need and then ban cartridge.. One man waa killed and many poieone ware eeverely wounded. The troope than charged with dtawn aabera and clMrad the atreet. Bo daring wer. tha rtotere that one of 'them triad to unhorse an officer, who waa obliged to uaa hia revolver, wounding a man ae verely In the head. Another, but leaa serious affray In which thetroopa again ware compelled to Are. took place In Bond atreet. Only a few pereooe war wounded. In each case before the troops were ordered or-dered to Are many of their number had their fares streaming- with blood from Injuria, caused by etonee and broken bottle, bot-tle, thrown by the riotera. " The rioter who waa ahot by an officer died later In a hoepttal. mill another riot took place In the Bvertea district, where the mob waa trying to atop the atreet oars. The riot set waa read, hut the" disorderly element . anawered with a fu.lllade of et.a.a. injuring several policeman. po-liceman. ,r nipping- Paralrsed. After meeting of the strike eemnrtt-tee eemnrtt-tee tonight, Tom Mann, one of the lead-era, lead-era, anneuneed that the . committee did not wish to aee a ehortaga of broad and milk In the city and they had given permlta to nrme to move Sour and milk on the underataodlng that only union men would be employed. . ' Shipping la becoming completely pars-lyaeeV pars-lyaeeV The ataamat Lualtanla. which arrived ar-rived Tuesday from Maw York, haa been unable to dock' owing to the attike of tha tug boatmen and' It ,1. doubtful if aha will be able to coal In time to sail on her return re-turn voyage next- Saturday. Tha Celtic Sla a similar dilemma and the white ar official, have notified paeeengero who have booked for tne voyage to New Tork that they probably will be delayed. Other trana-Atlantio liner, likely to be affected are the Adriatic. Megantle, Iver-nla, Iver-nla, Haverford. Lae Champlaln and Canadian. Ca-nadian. The. eoeeiel boat trains frrmi London to Liverpool were oanoaled yeaterday, but hundrede of Rmeriaatia already are here waiting for boata to take them home. Late laiia night there were beralatant. but unconfirmed rumor, that rioters had set Are to a ship, The troops and poHee were eiuraajea until un-til Ion after midnurht breaking down formidable barrlcadee the riotera had built term N.therneld atreet. hi the heart of the' Orajnre dlatriet. The defenders de-fenders of the barricades made a etub-born etub-born reeletanee with briekbata and stones and many persona were Injured. |