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Show Germans Beaten byjeseryists Stewards of Interned Liners Attacked by. Italians and Shlpt Are - Stoned Boston, Aug, 1C. Tho assembling today of 1300 Italian rcsorvlsts who wero to sail on tho steamer Canoplc tonight and their friends was marked mark-ed by demonstrations against the Interned In-terned German steamships Amorlka and Cincinnati, as a result of which threo policemen wero severely Injured. In-jured. Tho body of reservists saia to bo the largest to leavo this country on ono shlp.slnco the "war began was mado up of Italians from this city and from other parts of New England. Eng-land. They had paraded to the commonwealth com-monwealth pier In the south Boston district on ono side of which lay tho Canoplc, which was to give them passage to Italy, while on the other side Were moored tho Hamburg American Am-erican liners. When two stewards from tho Cln-clnatl Cln-clnatl In their uniforms wero espied on tho pier, the crowd jostled them. Doth resisted and wero joined by a watchman on tho dock. The threo mon were beaten badly beforo they wore rescued by police. Tho angry crowd then turned to tho bigger liners. Stones wero thrown at both vessols, smashing port holo glasses and deck fittings nnd also were directed at sailors on tho docks, several . of whom wero struck, Tho mob .then rushed to tho main pier building? Tho Urrfted States custom station was Btoned but eight officers forced the croWd back with drawn revolvers. Shots wero flrnd in tlio air and wore answered from th'o crowd. Ten persons wero arrested. - |