Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1918 — RIOTERS RULE IN MONTREAL [ARTICLE]

RIOTERS RULE IN MONTREAL

Mob in Charge as Policemen and Firemen Go on Strike. • Montreal, Que., Dec. 13.—With every policeman and virtually, every fireman in the city on strike for higher wages. Montreal is helpless in the hands of rioters. Fire stations have been wrecked. citfzens robbed and stores looted. Saloons and disorderly resorts are wide open. Law-abiding citizens are helpless to prevent the depredations of gangs of hoodlums. Mayor Martin has Wen in conference all night with representatives of the policemen and firemen in an effort to reach a settlement.