Millard County Chronicle | 1912-05-09 | Page 4 | Workers Clash with Police

WORKERS CLASH WITH POLICE Restricted Public Speaking Ordinance Causes Near Riot When Industrial Workers Precipitate a Fight. San Diego, Cal. One policeman wan ibot In the buck, another's head wa Cut open by a ihrowu hatchet, und one unidentified man probably fatally injured ber Tuesday night In u Unlit i precipitated when the policemen were fired upon from window of a house j occupied by member of the Industrial I Worker of the World, among other. I Immediately following the shooting, I the )lice arreKted five men. The town' riot signal, five blasts on a siren, wa blown, und hundreds of j citizen hastened to the police slut Ion, where they were armed with clubs und ! let to do patrol duty. The shooting I 7ield by the police j to be the culmination of friction be- i tween local authorities and members ; of the Industrial Worker of the ' World and their s mputhlers who t are trying to upset a local restricted I public speaking ordinance. !