STRIKE IN CAIRO.
CAVALRY CHARGE TRAM EM-' PLOY EES. ELECTROCUTION OF THE MEN. Press Association-By Telegraph-Cop .-:ig lit CAIRO. Oct. 19. The conductors anil collectors employed on the Belgian tramway at Cairo, struck for higher wagos. and prevented the European inspectors- running ilie cars. The cavalry charged th;« strikers, and arrested a number. ,Som° of the striker,s were electrocuted through clinging to th-' cans.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13730, 21 October 1908, Page 5
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64STRIKE IN CAIRO. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13730, 21 October 1908, Page 5
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