VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS.
SOI/DIBHS DRIVEN TO
BABKACKS.
REMARKABLE INCIDENT AT
PERNAU
(Received 8.31 a.m.)
LONDON, February 15
An exciting incident took place between the strikers and the military at the port of Pernau, on the Gulf of Riga.
A body numbering fully three thousand strikers met with a force of three hundred Russian infantry, who were guaxding a bridge over which they (the strikers) 'wished to pass.
Despite the show of armed resistance, however, they continued to advance.
The soldiers hastily presented their riSes and fired a volley, but immediately afterwards retired to tneir barracks. The crowd then gathered outside, and sang derisive songs.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 16 February 1905, Page 5
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105VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 16 February 1905, Page 5
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