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May Day Riots Prevented by Police and Troops
Across eastern cities on May 8 authorities braced for violence with 11000 New York police on duty, guards at state sites, and detectives on skyscraper roofs. In Chicago, guards blocked the black belt as turbidity rose over moving black and tan districts and a red flag atop the Plamondon school was hauled down.
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New York
East
New York City
William J
Department of Justice
Hartford
Conn
First Connecticut Guard
State Capitol
Connecticut River
State Armory
Charles W. Burpee
Scranton
Communist Party In America
Pittsburgh
Woonsocket
R. L
Communist Party
Washington
Garvan
Congress
Chicago
Wentworth Avenue
State Street
Red Flagon School
Black Belt
Edward Grady
Dawn
Plamondon School
West Fifteenth Place
Washtenaw Avenue
Maxwell Street