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Sectarian riots erupted in Motherwell, near Glasgow, Scotland, between Catholics and Protestants during an open-air Protestant meeting that turned anti-Catholic. Police used clubs to restore order after assaults on homes; 20 seriously injured, over 100 slightly hurt. Tensions ongoing nationwide.
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TWENTY DANGEROUSLY HURT IN SCOT CHURCH ROW NEAR GLASGOW.
POLICE USE CLUBS IN FIGHT
Open-Air Protestant Meeting Becomes Stormy Anti-Catholic Demonstration—Romanists Barricaded in Their Homes.
Glasgow, Trouble that has been brewing between the Catholics and Protestants for months is at fever heat as a result of a riotous clash between the two in the town of Motherwell, 12 miles southeast of here. One hundred were hurt.
It is not clearly known yet who started the trouble, but a large open-air Protestant meeting was suddenly converted into an anti-Catholic demonstration.
The Catholics barricaded themselves in their homes, but the Protestants with a big numerical advantage, broke into many of the houses and assaulted the occupants.
Police Use Clubs on Belligerents.
A detail of police was called into action and, after an hour's clubbing of the belligerents, succeeded in restoring order for the time.
Twenty of the rioters were seriously injured and a hundred or more slightly hurt. A renewal of the trouble is imminent, not only in Motherwell, but throughout the country, as the ill feeling between the sects is general.
The trouble started when traveling Protestant evangelists began working in the county. Their open-air meetings, in which they bitterly attacked Catholics and Catholicism, greatly enraged the Catholics.
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Motherwell, Near Glasgow, Scotland
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twenty seriously injured, a hundred or more slightly hurt; police restored temporary order, renewal of trouble imminent nationwide.
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Long-brewing tensions between Catholics and Protestants boiled over in Motherwell during an open-air Protestant meeting that turned into an anti-Catholic demonstration. Protestants, outnumbering Catholics, broke into homes and assaulted occupants barricaded inside. Police intervened with clubs after an hour, quelling the immediate riot.