FURTHER RIOTING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22183, 9 August 1935, Page 11

FURTHER RIOTING

FRENCH PORTS STRIKES OF SEAMEN SHIPPING DISLOCATED _ SCENES OF VIOLENCE 41 By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright "PARIS, Auk. 7 A campaign at Havre against the Government's econopiy cuts has brought operations at that port to a standstill. A meeting of seamen on all the French transatlantic ships in the harbour decided to carry on the strike begun earlier in the day by the crew of the Champlain. If the strike continues the Columbia will be held up on Thursday and the Lafayette on Friday. Tho Normandie is not due to sail until August 14, but all the crews sympathise with the Champlain's complement, and the officers have refused to accept their salaries as a protest. The Champlain is duo to leave for New York with 800 passengers, including 250 from London and the French tennis players who are to compete in the American championships. British passengers state that on arriving at Waterloo they found the boat-train cancolled. The French passengers were kept for a long time in suspense. They were unable to get food as the kitchen staffs had left the ship. The police guarded pil6s of luggage i on the quayside at Havre. The strikers sent a letter to the company saying they were not civil servants and that their contract was a private one, ratified ! by the maritime working code. Tho company replied that tho i strikers' grievances were against the Government and referred them to the j Minister of Mercantile Marino, who de- j clined to intervene. At Brest the arsenal workers downed i tools again this afternoon while their j delegates conferred. ' In the Place Anatole France a crowd J hurled insults, and then threw bottles ! and stones at the police, who charged, j A 20 minutes' fight ensued and num- j bers of people were injured. The arsenal will be closed to-morrow j for the funeral of the workman who i was killed in the riots yesterday. There is intense feeling against the I 2nd Regiment, Colonial Infantry, as it is believed they caused the death of this workman. He is alleged to have attacked an infantryman who struck him on the head with the butt of his rifle. The workman died in hospital during a trepanning operation. He is survived bv a widow and five children. CONCESSION TO MEN SMALLER CUT IN WAGES M. LAVAL'S DECISION (Received August 8. 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, Awg. 8 According to the Daily Mail's Paris correspondent, the Prime Minister, M. Laval, has decided to reduce the pay cuts, from 10 to 3 per cent on lower salaries. The stewards on the Champlain have already accepted the concession. Street fighting continued at Brest until after midnight. when the demonstrators were finally dispersed by cavalry and Mobile Guards, who belaboured them with rifle butts.