"KING OF DARKNESS."
•' J $ PATAUD FOILED; ; THE PREMIER'S ASTUTE MOVE. By Telcsraph—Press Associatlon-Copyrieht. Paris, Docomber 27. In consequence of tho , activities of Pataud (the electrical workors' secretary who has been extracting increasos of ,' wages under threats of plunging the city into darkness), M. Bliand, tho Prime Minister, had all the'oleotric light sta- . lions in Paris secretly conncctod ■ with ) tho generators driving the tube trains, i Pataud called on M. Briand on Christ- ■ mas Eve and threatened to throw Paris into darkness unless the olcotricians were granted increased pay. M. Briand refused, and Pataud found himself help- , less. ' The newspapers are rejoicing at M. l Briand's ingenuity.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 701, 29 December 1909, Page 5
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