UNION RIVALRY
BATTLE IN TEXTILE FACTORY TWENTY DEATHS REPORTED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright PUEBLA, April 10. Twenty workmen are reported to have been slain in a nearby textile factory as a result of a 45-minute battle among themselves owing to union rivalry. The factory was surrounded by soldiers, whom the authorities rushed to the scene. The workers, refusing to surrender, barricated themselves Within the factory, and prepared to make a common cause against the military. The dispute occurred in the centre of the textile area of Mexico, where interunion strife has resulted in many bloody battles recently.
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Evening Star, Issue 22620, 12 April 1937, Page 9
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96UNION RIVALRY Evening Star, Issue 22620, 12 April 1937, Page 9
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