A GRAVE TURN
LIEGE STRIKERS ATTEMPT RAID. REPULSED FROM ARMS FACTORY REPEATED CHARGES BY POLICE. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.55 a.m.) BRUSSELS, June 17. The strike at Liege took a grave turn when the strikers attempted to raid an arms factory. The police drove them off and arrested 15' gangs whoattempted to stop traffic in the city. The gangs interfered with pedestrians, necessitating repeated police chargesThe strikes are spreading elsewhere. All the transport services, with the exception of the railways, are threatened. LIKE A BELEAGUERED CITY. TEXTILE WORKERS QUIT LOOMS. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) BRUSSELS, June 7. The Belgian strikers are nearing the capital. Five hundred metallurgical employees in the suhurb of Ruiysbroeck have ceased work. The authorities announce that foreigners taking part in ;the agitations will be expelled. Liege resembles a beleaguered city. The tram and taxi services have been stopped, and the use of bicycles is prohibited in order to prevent the speedy assemblage of strikers. Three thousand textile workers of Ghent quitted their looms. The factories in the Verviers area are stopping and heary industries in Charleroi have been brought to a standstill.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 210, 18 June 1936, Page 5
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