STRIKE RIOTS.
CLASHES .WITH POLICE. SCENE IN FRENCH PORT. ALL NIGHT FIGHTING, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, August 26. Arising out of the strike at Havre, rioting broke out. The police charged the strikers, who barricaded the streets. Shots were exchanged, and three strikers were killed and thirty, mostly police, were wounded. Later the rioters entrenched themselves at the Franklyn Circle. A state of siege will be proclaimed. Military reinforcements are expected, but nevertheless the strike is now confined to the engineers and dockers, and the trams and taxis are running. The troops at Havre captured the Communists’ stronghold at daybreak after fierce fighting all night. Numerous strike leaders were arrested. The town is now quiet. Received Aug. 29, 12.30 a.m. Paris, August 28. Many rioters at. Havre became drunk and endeavored to disable the cavalry and police forces, using razors, with which they slit the noses of the plunging horses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1922, Page 5
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150STRIKE RIOTS. Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1922, Page 5
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