FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 17 October 1910, Page 4

FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE.

FIRM STAND AWES STRIKERS

LABOR UNREST IN PARIS.

[By Eleoikio Telegraph—Copyright.]' (Per Press AssociATidk) Received October 17, at 0.30 a.m. ' - ' Paris, October 10. The.masons and bricklayers of Paris have . >•■-.... ■ The police stopped a > procession, and a /jcoiillict ensued.'- , Missiles injured ■several of the police"* and so'mo rioters were hurt. * _ . - The- men are gradually -returning to work. , .There ;were„ a number of sporadic movements in'-other'"trades in l sympathy with the railway men, .but,these are not disquieting in the face--of the Government's, .firmness,. ». !' > ; , Troopsj'.dispersed- -a - gathering of fifteen thousand builders and navvies, agitating 'for nine hours for their present pay. «A' fewc harmless shots were fired, r " ' .- ? ,. > • • M. Briand has smashed the strike. ' v - "Paris, October 16. The striko has practically ended. Paris, October 16. A number of outrages are reported, including-the pouring of oil on the rails and tampering with signals, but' the railway-services are practically normal again!,' ~, .'The'whole of the-line from Paris to the s Spanish frontier is guarded by troops., , , > Altogether 14 strikers have been sentenced "at .Paris to imprisonment for a week a, fortnight for abusive language to the police and .military. It is believed that the bomb in the Rue Berri was an attempt on the life of a prominent magistrate for pronouncing severe sentences on strikers. He'was'absent at the time. n Received October 17, at 5.15 a.m. ' ; -,, ~ '- . Paris,'. October 16. - -Tlie Ministry of the Interior has discolored, 'that or a peasant conspiracy exists in Paris, proposing the destruction of linos,- bridges, and river locks'.-.. - Military occupation at selected points'-lias-prevented any outbreak. . ■? The ."Government has.thcatened heavy penalties when ,the organisers are discovered.

A dynamite bomb was exploded on tho line between Breeteue and Aily-snr-noye. A watchman stopped the Calais express half,.'a milo tri>m the sceno of tho outrage.