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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1913
Page
6
A mass riot in Salem left one woman dead and seven others wounded as police, arriving from nearby cities, battled striking workers and Polish residents near Saltonstall street. Dozens were arrested, including six men and seven women, amid a town meeting planned to fund extra police.
Late tonight Thomas J Halliday national secretary of the textile branch of the I W W arrived from Boston. He will take charge of the strike and other leaders are expected in the morning. Detectives guard mills and patrol Saltonstall and Market streets near the riot scene. A young woman killed near Brown's Essex mill lived at 1 Market street and left a mother four sisters and a brother. Nathan Hermann arrested in town had led the Little Falls New York strike. Pingree of Lowell heads I W W in the area. The Ipswich mills strike started seven weeks ago with crews breaking away then returning under I W W banners after a brief pause. Hermann arrived to organize 500 Italians 100 Greeks and many Poles, while about 500 English speaking workers remained at work.
In Philadelphia on June 10 Miss Mary Brown of Los Angeles national champion and Mrs Robert Williams of Boston metropolitan champion easily defeated Mrs Grant and Miss Taylor of Philadelphia in the first round of doubles at the National Women's Lawn Tennis tournament. Dorothy Green and Edna Wildey defeated Mrs Gilbert Harvey and Miss Creswell 6 1 6 2.
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