The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-01-12
BUENOS AIRES
STRIKE ENDED
BY AGREEMENT
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NJ the Associated ffeen
bueocs Aires, Jan. u Yhc commii
tee w yhArar ~ NE general strike
aefved io rud tho strike tnls afternoon
after conference with Precedent iil.
ro,'d and ihc President Of tho Nserna
Iron Wuka
Government TROOPS turned machine
nuns on force nf goo strikers ana
tuch Auppuficra when they attacked
the pustoffice shortly after noon tis-
iiciHins them Twcutt persona were
Killed ana siNtv wounded u another
ntiaoh on thr Vasrna Iron Works io.
dav
Government officials vere ncsotaf
iuH tn'H} With representative of INC
striking workers federation roranlinr
"a plan 81 settle the general strike so
"r b hrafri aii night session iho wurk
esr Nniri tn end The general iflte
provltrd tnc specific demands of tho
ruihrt ai the tDsOnl lfon Works we're
mot
Although iho report sprc1d through
nui tnr clay about five o'clock mat The
fiflkr bad officially ended shooting
boo various SECTIONS continued fof ecV-
oral hours later THE conditions "a.
Tho settlement have not yoi been en-
nounrrd.
Tho attach ON che posiofflco was
carefully arranged Men began io
stiagrie into The bundinr sf if on bust
mess and when about twu hundred wero
assembled shooting began The gov
ornmcnts machine gums soon ended
this terrorism
Tho police stations were attacked
rnrly in the day. as was also hos
pitai a national committee ~ stu
dents today called on General Del
lcpaino who Am NIGHT assumed the
military Dictatorship aud Offered to
tako arms for tho government but
were Informed that thia was not neces
sary.
Tho employees of the Armour Pack
ins interests boz the suburb uf Avol-
iancdH Joined the strike movement thla
morning 1ud attacked the mcst doiiv-
crica OF thc snn Sinonn Packing House.
which supplies the public institutions.
The packers cntrcnchcd themselves
when the police arrived and tho sew
onth Infantry wns sent io reinforce
The police a. nightf1ll tho two op-
posing fnlccH were still lined up m
hattlo formation. Meat supplies were
taken to The public institutions late
thls evening under heavy cavalry cs-
corta
The food situation b. critical for
anarchists have threatened to XII and
arc Killing anyone attempting 90 die
tribute food 81 any kind They have
drawn Gordon around grocery stores
and pHhrmbcirs THE newspapers do
nnnd lhst the government reauisitiou
the mest stored in the packing houses
Throughout the entire day the city
wnH 900 Tho hands of unahHcltlcd an
afch, There was nu longer any scmhl
lncc of leadership among the rioters.
who committed nll manner of murder
ind violence. single banded or in large
at viii.
a milkmau delivering milk at the
Plaza Hotel was approached hy a. lone
Individual who put "a revolver az the
head and fired. An old
woman with "a market basket loft home
seeking food She was attacked hy two
men. ono Of whom cui hrr throat
Fighting was renewed Nv AN parts ~
he city before noon and ln the eve
link there were several pitched bat
lra along Tie AYenida DC Mayo Tho I
rfth aud Twelfth Cavalry recruited /
d maximum strength were ordered IN (
rom Salta Province and are due To I
each Bncnos Aires tomorrow.
Gononl Doiicpaine ISSUED orders to
ho ARMY and police ~ rcuuisliion AN /
automobiles required and al day troops
scfc rushed frum one scene OF disturb
nee 90 another
General Dcilrpaine also ordered the
rrcpt of Rrssinn anarchists wherever
ound agiintiuE A. soon as taken into
uatody they were iuwrncd aboard q
.arship in the harhor Il h undorstood
hat thoy VIII ho depOrtod.
righilnr persisted throughout the
ag in the iusalsn segtiou where many
iliavus ioinrd the troops in arrcstinf
nnrchistr
The question ~ food became very
rfioua Boo the day not even enough
uppncs being distributed 90 feed the
oldlqrH