1885: Black Jack, the Police Hound Pardoned at Concordia Hall on Lower East Side » ConcordiaRiot1885

In 1885, a riot broke out at Concordia Hall between anarchists and socialists over the legitimacy of the use of dynamite by Irish Nationalists in London. McCullagh tried to call for order, but was hit from behind with a chair. It was reported the police were attacked with guns, knives and clubs. Justus Schwab, a member of the International Working People’s Party, was placed on trial for inciting the riot.

In 1885, a riot broke out at Concordia Hall between anarchists and socialists over the legitimacy of the use of dynamite by Irish Nationalists in London. McCullagh tried to call for order, but was hit from behind with a chair. It was reported the police were attacked with guns, knives and clubs. Justus Schwab, a member of the International Working People’s Party, was placed on trial for inciting the riot.

In 1885, a riot broke out at Concordia Hall between anarchists and socialists over the legitimacy of the use of dynamite by Irish Nationalists in London. McCullagh tried to call for order, but was hit from behind with a chair. It was reported the police were attacked with guns, knives and clubs. Justus Schwab, a member of the International Working People’s Party, was placed on trial for inciting the riot.

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