THE LEEDS STRIKE.
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, December 16. Other municipalities are watching the Leeds strikers with intense interest, fearing a similar strike. The Leeds cars are running under police protection, but there was a stoppage at nightfall, the authorities fearing stones. Many factories are closing owing to inadequate gas supplies, and others are unable to open till daylight, and are obliged to close at' 4 p.m. } There have been several scuffles between the strikers arid the police, including truncheon charges, and also police riding through a crowd of 4000 strikers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13258, 17 December 1913, Page 3
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93THE LEEDS STRIKE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13258, 17 December 1913, Page 3
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