Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-28
kIOTING AT HAVANA
POLICE AND STRIKERS HAVE SEW
ERAL CONFLICTS in THE -
CUBAN CAPITAL.

Practically All Trades Come Out Ia
Sympathy With the Striking Cigar
makers-Two Men Dead and Eighty
two Other Persons Wounded az the
Result Of the Riotine-Troub'e May
Cause Much Suffering to the Poor.
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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 eighty-two other persons are
wounded. Five of the wounded, one q
lieutenant of police, whose throat was
cut by striker, have very serious
injuries. Eight other policemen are
wounded. The police have the riot
ers well 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
oheyed the call to strike, except the
motormen and conductors on the cleo
trio cars, who refused to join the gen.
eral strife. Trouble began early in
the morning by the holding up of the
electric cars by the strikers, whose
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 We're injured during these
occurrences. The car men, however,
continued running their cars until II
O'Clock. when Superintendent Green
wood ordered q suspension of traffic.
The employees were willing to remain
at work. but thes officers of the com
pany, in order to protect the property,
deemed it wise to suspend the service:
Mr.. Greenwood had asked for protec-
ton 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 sympathize. 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 q
critical point at noon, several fdis6r.
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 II
such action should be necessary to
preserve order. A 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 IL
al parts Of the city. The police were
obliged: to charge @mobSof rioterssat
the slaughterhouse and several among
the latter were injured. The vigorous
attitude Of the police now made itselt
felt, and traffic: on the car lines. which
had only been suspended for %brie1
period, " as resumed and was contin
ued from this time forth with only oc
casional. interruptions. Most Of the
injuries to the strikers We're caused
by the policemen's clubs:
No. bread or meat was on sale dur
ing the day and a continuance of the
strike will cause much suffering tc
the poor. >..1".<>