FUNERAL OF STRIKERS.
SWEDISH INDUSTRY STOPS. (united pebss association—d? rlectbic TEIiKGHAPH—COrTBIQHT.) . (Received May 22nd, 6.5 p.m.) STOCKHOLM, May 21. * Work ceased throughout the country , for five minutes at noon to-day, during the funeral of tho five sawmill strikers were killed in a clash with the police. Traffic in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and other towns stopped and workmen stood bareheaded. The funeral was attended by 25,000 persons. The hearses' were drawn by workmen and . tho .service was conducted by a Comnfunist. The general strike called by tho Communists has failed..;
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20244, 23 May 1931, Page 15
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88FUNERAL OF STRIKERS. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20244, 23 May 1931, Page 15
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