HO SMOKES BETTER THAN NO FOODSTRIKERS SURRENDER
gy Cable. — P reaa Association Copyright NEW YORK, Saturday. rE prisoners in the mine workings at the Kansas State prison at Lansing, who struck for an allowance of cigarettes, to-day decided to surrender. The men had gone hungry for three days. They obtained a promise from the Prison Board that their demand will be considered fairly and impartially. The prisoners fought among themselves before the strike ended. Some held out against a surrender. Several of the strikers were carried out of the mine weakened by hunger.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 81, 27 June 1927, Page 1
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93HO SMOKES BETTER THAN NO FOODSTRIKERS SURRENDER Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 81, 27 June 1927, Page 1
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