BREAKING A STRIKE.
STRIKERS MOB TAXICABS. HARD FIGHT WITH POLICE. LARGE NUMBER WOUNDED. By Telegraph.—Frew Association.—Copyright. (Received February 3. 12.20 a.m.) Paris, February 2. A taxi-cab company which owns 3500 cabs, but which has not used a single vehicle since November 27, brought out a large contingent driven by newly-instructed chauffeurs. They left the garages escorted by cuirassiers and cyclist policemen. One of the latter fell from his cycle, and threw/the procession into disorder. A mob of/strikers rushed the vehicles, and overturned five. They smashed 'the windows and slashed the cushions. The cavalry with difficulty rescued the remainder after a severe convict The soldiers and police were armed with swords and revolvers; while the strikers used atones and knives. Twenty-one police and soldiers and 30 strikers were wounded. Of the taxi-cabs, 40 reached Paris. Attempts were made throughout the day to disable them by cutting the tires.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14906, 3 February 1912, Page 7
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