LABOUR MATTERS.
TRAM STRIKE. JOHANNESBURG STREETS BARRICADED. [press association. —copyright]. (Received 15, 8.45 a.m.) Johannesburg, May 14. The streets are patrolled and barricades erected at danger ' points. llie tram sheds are converted into a camp, and the military are ready to reinforce the police. Public opinion is against the strikers owing to the inconvenience i caused. j Glynn, who was arrested, has i been admitted to bail. ; He headed the strikers in at- ! tempting to rush the power station, | stoppage of which ■would have ; plunged the streets, shops and ’ houses into darkness, in addition to stopping the trams. Mounted police are dispersed through the town. ! The prisons being full, others ' w’ho are arrested are taken to the ! , fort. ' Many police were on duty for 36 hours.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 127, 15 May 1911, Page 1
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