MURDEROUS- ATTACKS
STRIKERS v. NON-STRIKERS. ,
REVOLVERS USED. WOMEN AND POLICEMEN WOUNDED By TelßErapl-Prem AESoclatlon-Oopyrlirh'. (R«o. March 21, 9.30 p.m.) ' London, March 21'. A sensational strike outrase has occurred at Clichy, a suburb of. Paris. The trouble arose in connection with a strilco at a paper factory. A band of 200 strikers became infuriated by tho refusal of fifty of their comrades, chiefly women and girls, to cease work with tho others, and lay in wait for tho non-strikers until dark. The strikers then fired a _ volley of revolver shots at.the non-strikers, _ who took refuge in a cafe, which the strikers bombarded with revolvers and stones, until tho police arrived. Several women and two policemen were wounded. The assailants extintiuished the street lamps, and escaped in the darkness. Women wero chiefly responsible for the attack, and treated tho non-strikers with savage violence. . A series of similar murderous attacks have- been made on non-strikers in various provincial districts during the week.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 772, 22 March 1910, Page 7
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159MURDEROUS-ATTACKS Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 772, 22 March 1910, Page 7
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