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Show RIOTING IN LAWRENCE Strikers in Textile Mills Make an Attack on Overseers Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 12. Tho general gen-eral unrest among the 25,000 textile operatives of this ciiy developed into disturbances at tho Washington and Wood Mills of tho American Woolen company today. Striking operatives became demonstrative in the spinning spin-ning rooms and a riot call for the police, po-lice, was Issued. Several of the ovor-seers ovor-seers were injured In haud-torhand encounters. The strikers, after leaving the Ayer mills, marched to the Lawrence Duck mills, whero a clash with tho police occurred outside tho gates. Missiles of all descriptions wero hurled and several officers were hurL During the disturbance a dozen arrests wero made. At noon 15,000 operatives in the city wero Idle. no |