INDIAN STRIKE
POLICE AND CARTERS CLASH. (United Prees Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received this day. at 12 noon). CALCUTTA, May 29. A short lived battle between nearly four thousand strikers,;. Armed Avith brickbats and sticks, and a small police force . armed Avith clubs Avas the first incident of the strike of the Corporation’s carters, avlio are dissatisfied Avith their wages and housing conditions.
Strikers' tried to prevent non-strik-ers from collecting the city’s refuse. The police made a hundred arrests. A number of. strikers and a feAv policemen were- injured. Meanwhile the city’s health is seriously menaced*as long as, the refuse is alloAved to rot on the roadside.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1933, Page 6
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106INDIAN STRIKE Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1933, Page 6
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