STRIKE RIOT
BATTLE IN AIEXICO CITY. SOLDIERS FIRED ON. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received February 2, 9.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 2. The ‘‘New-York Times” Mexico City correspondent says 14 men were killed and SO wounded in a fight between tramcar strikers and soldiers guarding the tramcars, which were being operated by strikers who had accepted a settlement which was not satisfactory to the other members of their union. The street fighting ensued when the strikers fired upon the soldiers, and a battle raged in the street for many hours. Business houses were shut for the day, and large contingents of troops called out to guard the streets. A general strike, affecting millers, bakers, telephone operators, and other unions, was declared after the fighting
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11435, 3 February 1923, Page 6
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