FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Paris, Feb 28. The sirikers refuse to obey the mobilisation order. The Government is bringing troops to Paris. The strikers’ demands now include higher wages, living allowances, and the nationalisation of railways. Paris, March 1. Some railway union leaders have been arrested on charges of interfering with freedom of labour and inciting insubordination. Only 25 per cent of the trains are running. The public are facing the situation calmly. It is estimated that 19u,000 railwayman have struck. The Federation’s funds are very low and it is incapable of maintaining a protracted straggle. It will be able to pay one franc daily as a strike allowance.
Paris, March 3. There is great excitement in trades union circles“over the arrest of five leaders of the railway union.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12016, 5 March 1920, Page 5
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133FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12016, 5 March 1920, Page 5
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