Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-11-28
R,ors CAUSE DEATH.
Two Killed and Eiohty.two Wounded
In street Conflicts.

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Two Killed and Eiehty.two Wounded
In street Conflicts.
Havana, Nov. 25.-As the result OF
conflicts Of serious nature yesterday
between the police and the men on
strike here, two strikers are dead and
eighty.two other persons are wounded.
Five Of the wounded. one lieutenant
Of police whose throat was cut by q
striker, have very severe injuries.
Eight other policemen are wounded.
The police have the rioters we'll under
control, but every precaution Is being
taken to prevent further outbreak
Of disorder. and all the police and rural
guards in the suburbs have been sum.
moned to concentrate in Havana.
The strike, which at first only con.
cerned the cigar workers. became gen.
eral yesterday morning by the calling
out Of all trades in sympathy with the
cigar makers. All the trades people
closed tleir doors this morning, clerks,
cooks and every class OF workmen
having obeyed the command Of the
union except the motormen and con.
ductors Of the electric cars, who re-
fused to join in the general strike.
Trouble began early by the holding
up Of the electric cars by the strikers.
whose wrath naturally was directed
against tie street railroad employees.
Several cars were wrecked and some
motormen and conductors were In.
jured during these occurrences. The
car mesl, however, continued running
their cars until 10 o'clock, when Sup.
erintendent Greenwood ordered q slls-
pension of traffic.
The mayor of Havana and the secre-
tary of government, Diego Tamayo.
have for the past week openly sympa.
thized with the strikers and had given
orders to the police not to use force
in dispensing the crowds, and, under
these conditions, the police were un.
able to cope with the strikers.
The situation was approaching q
critical point at noon, serious dis.
orders having taken place In front of
the palace itself, in which a police Of
ficer named Naso and number Of po-
licemen and strikers received injuries,
when President Palma sent word to
the mayor that unless the city au-
tect the railroad company the state
WOulu AAlClSCAC. 1AC "0yOA SAS"
took drastic measures and issued an
edict prohibiting crowds from gather
ing on the streets and authorizing the
chief of police to kill, IL such action
should lie neces.a airy to preserve order.
A similar notice of force early in the
morning undouL eddy would have pre-.
vented the trouble, but now the strik-
ers had become embOldened and fire.
quent clashes between them and the
police occurred in all parts Of the city.
The police were obliged to charge a
mob of rioters at the slaughter house
and several among the latter were
injured. The vigorous attitude OF the
police now made itself felt and traf-
fic on the car lines, which had only
suspended for brief period, resumed
and was continued from this time
forth with only occasional Interrupt.
tions. Most of the injuries sustained
by the strikers were caused by the
| policemen's clubs. a
Havana, Nov. 26.--The Central
Labor union last night decided to call
off the strike, and committees were
! appointed to inform the various unions
| of this decision. There probably will
be complete resumption of work to-
day.
Much of the credit OF the settle
ment of the strike is due to General
Gomez, who headed the committee
which consulted yesterday the officials
of the Havana Commercial company
against whom the strike was first d.
rected. Gomez afterwards met the
Central Labor union and the old war
rior did not spare words in his con
demnation of the action Of the union
in calling out the workmen. He said
| 1t was a revolution and not strike
and that the war veterans stood ready
to take up arms in support Of the gov
eminent in order to maintain order.
PORTO RICO VERY PROSPEROUS
Substantial Progress Being Made II
The Island.
Washington, Nov. 26.-The annua
report of w. H. Elliott, commissioner
of the interior for Porto Rico. announ