STRIKERS' FUNERAL.
WORK STOPS IN SWEDEN. GENERAL STRIKE A FAILURE. (Received This (Day, 12.45 p.m.) STOCKHOLM, May 21. Work ceased throughout the country for five minutes at noon during the funeral of strikers who wef e killed in a clash with the police. Traffic at Stockholm and Guthenburg and other towns was stopped and workmen stood bare-headed. The funeral was attended by 25,000 people and the hearses were drawn by workmen. The service was conducted by a Communist. ' A general strike, called by the Communists, failed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 187, 22 May 1931, Page 5
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86STRIKERS' FUNERAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 187, 22 May 1931, Page 5
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