MORE DISORDERS IN WEST INDIES
<► RIOTING MOB FIGHTS POLICE TENSION INCREASED BY NEW STRIKES KINGSTON (Jamaica), May 27. Eight were injured when a rioting mob attempted to seize and release imprisoned labour leaders. .‘Several thousand fought the police with sticks and stones, and militia reinforcements were called out.
New strikes occurred, adding to the tension caused by the dock and sanitary workers’ strike. Three days ago the Government took steps to cope with the growing strike disorders. A Labour leader named Bustamente was arrested, and a woman and her young son were shot dead by the police during an outbreak of violence. More than 20 were in hospital, and property losses were then estimated at £20,000,000.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22414, 30 May 1938, Page 9
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