The Dickinson press., 1902-11-29
RIOTING AT HAVANA
POLICE AND STRIKERS HAVE SEW.
ERAL CONFLICTS IN THE
CUBAN CAPITAL.
Practically All Trades Come Out in
Sympathy With the Striking Cigar
makers-Two Men Dead and Eighty
two Other Persons Wounded as the
Result Of the Rioting-TroubIe May
Cause Much Suffering to the Poor.

Havana. Nov. 25.-As the result of
conflicts Of a serious nature during
the day between the police and men
on strike here. two strikers are dead
and eiShty-two other persons are
wounded. Five of the wounded, one
lieutenant OF police, whose throat was
cut by a striker, have very serious
injuries. Eight other policemen are
wounded. The police have the riot
ers we'll under CONTROL but every pre-
caution is being taken to prevent a
further outbreak of disorder and all
the police and rural guards in the
suburbs have been summoned to con-
centrate in Havana.
The strike. which at first only con-
cerned the cigar workers. became gen.
eral during the morning by the calling
out of all the trades in sympathy with
the cigarmakers. All trades people
closed their stores, all their clerks and
other classes of workmen having
obeyed the call to strike, except the
motormen and conductors on the elec-
trio cars, who refused to join the gen.
eral strike. Trouble began early in
the morning by the holding up of the
electric cars by the strikers, whose
wrath was naturally directed against
the employees of the railway company.
Several cars were held up and stoned
on the outskirts of the city and the
passengers were obliged to walk in,
among these being the British and
German ministers. Several cars were
wrecked and several conductors and
motomen were injured during these
occurrences. The car men, however,
continued running their cars until IL
o'clock. when Superintendent Green
wood ordered a suspension of traffic.
The employees were willing to remain
at work, but the officers of the COM
pany, in order to protect the property,
deemed it wise to suspend the service.
Mr.. Greenwood had asked for protec-
tion from the civil governor but the
authorities were unable to protect the
public vehicles. A mob of strikers
drove the men on the Western railway
from the trains during the morning.
Mayor Sympathizes With Strikers.
The mayor of Havana and the secre-
tary of government, Diez Tamayo, had
during the past week openly sympa-
thized with the strikers and had given
orders to the police not to use force
in dispensing crowds, and under these
conditions the police were unable to
cope with the strikers.
The situation was approaching a
critical point at noon, several disor-
ders having taken place in front of the
palace itself, in which a policeman,
| named GonZaZo, and five other police
men and strikers received injuries,
when President Palma sent word to
the mayor that unless the city author
ties could preserve order or protect
the railway company, the state would
intervene. The mayor then took de-
cisive measures and issued orders pro-
hibiting crowds from assembling, au-
thorizing the chief of police to kill if
such action should be necessary to
preserve order. similar show of
force earlier in the day would have
prevented the trouble, but now the
strikers had become emboldened and
conflicts with the police occurred in
all parts of the city. The police were
obliged to charge mob of rioters at
the slaughterhouse and several among
the latter were injured. The vigorous
attitude of the police now made itself
felt, and traffic on the car lines, which
had only been suspended for brief
period, was resumed and was contin-
ued from this time forth with only oc-
casional Interruptions. Most of the
| injuries to the strikers were caused
| by the policemen's clubs.
No bread or meat was on sale dur
| ing the day and continuance of the
strike will cause much suffering to
| the poor