| Show POLICE TANGLE WIT NS IN STREET FATAL CLASH RESULTS IN MEXICO aco CITY AS THOUSANDS PRO WATER FAMINE rioting last over 6 hours during which city building Is damaged government ie Is asked to act mexico city federal troops guard ed a badly battered municipal build in ing while the city counted the casualties of a pitched battle between the poll and a mob which attempted to storm the building thursday night the death list as a result ot lot the lighting fighting stood at seventeen while eighteen persons are known to have been seriously injured and thirty three slightly hurt it was thought that a closer check might reveal fur ther casualties lle city after a night of great excitement cit ement found its main plaza before the municipal bunding building ft a shamble ot of broken glass timbers and stone the trouble which lasted for mere more than six hours si barted when a crowd marched to the city hall to protest against the aldermen dermen el who are held responsible for leid lead ng to the ater famine the demonstration was wax intended toy by the labor unions that organized it as a peaceful protest and a parade wre held before the marchers pro ceded to the hall ball to foice their adverts sentiments against the city government ern ment mout several sporadic attempts to con dinue the demonstration were made in the succeeding hours but several hundred soldiers protected the bul building laIng and the crowd contented itself with jeering and hooting officials in general including some ot of the in members embers odthe federal government several small groups of citizen citizens marched through the streets commit ting minor depredations they called on all newspaper offices and hooted and yelled before the residences of the city officials the chamber of deputies adjourned whan it received news of the gangU sanguinary ln encounter in the main plaza and it heavy guard wa wax thrown round the building |
