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Show CROWD OF STRIKERS AND COPS IN TEARS TOPEKA, Kan. Aug 18 A tear! bomb was used for the first time here late today by tho iolk' In dispersing' a crowd of striking shopmen. It dispersed dis-persed the crowd Also the police. All were in tears. The use of the tear bomb followed follow-ed an afternoon meeting of strikers at RipK-y park, when the crowd loft the park and began to gather up on a viaduct, as workmen employed in the Santa Fe shops were passing that point on their return from work. The police usej the bomb In un attempt to disperse the crowd above. on |