A GENERAL STRIKE.
! CHAOS AT BUENOS AYRES, RESULT OF MAY DAY RIOTS. TRAINS HELD UP. STREET FIGHTING IN PROGRESS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received May 5, 8.10 a.m. BUENOS AYRES, May 4. Socialists and the Labour Federation have proclaimed a general strike «Jt Buenos Ayres, as a protest against the May Day incidents. They demand the resignation of the Prefect of Police. The trade of the port is paralysed. Strikers are holding up the trains. Two thousand troops have reinforced the garrison. Street-fighting is in progress. A cablegram on Monday stated that a riot was provoked by Anarchists during the May Day demonstration. During the disturbances twelve persons were killed and a hundred injured. OVER 200,000 STRIKERS. Received May 5, IO.gO p.m. BUENOS AYRES, May 5. There are over 200,000 strikers m Buenos Ayres.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3182, 6 May 1909, Page 5
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136A GENERAL STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3182, 6 May 1909, Page 5
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