LABOUR TROUBLE IN MEXICO.
STEEET ITGHTOTG IN CAPITAL.
(JT CAZiE—JM33 ASSOCUTIOir—COPTBIGHT.) (A-ST3AiIUr ASD S.Z. CASIJ ASSOOATIOjr.) (Eeceived February 2nd, 9.30 p.m.) ' NEW YOBK, February 2.
Tie Mexico City correspondent of the "New York Times "'says fourteen men were killed and thirty wounded in a fight between tram strikers and soldiers guarding tramcars, which were being operated by strikers who had accepted a settlement which was not satisfactory to the other members of their union. Btreet fighting ensued when the strikers fired upon the soldiers, and a battle raged in the street for many hours. Business houses were shut for the day, and largo contingents of troops were'called out to guard the streets.
A general strike was declared after the fighting, affecting the' millers', bakers', telephone operators', and other unions. x
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17679, 3 February 1923, Page 16
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