Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-10
HUNDREDS FALL
IN RED" UPRISING
At BUENOS AIRES
Strike Declared Throughout ATgen-
tine Republic; Government Get
ting Situation in Hand
HOT FIGHTS IN STREETS
y Associated Press . Evory Fve7fnr

By Associated Press u Every Eve7fnr
Bucnos Aires. Jan 10 "A general
strike was declared throughout Argen-
tine Republic ~ midnight
More than two hundred casualties
had been reported tonight as 3 result
~ The disorders incident tn the general
strike The most serious fighting was
1T the Nasena Iron Works mere, where
troops and strikers caehed
Four members ~ the directorate If the
Vasena Company nj British subjects,
went 70 the works today 70 attempt
"a arbitrafe The trouble but we're sur
rounded bv tho strikers who ere alleged
to have tried t0 capture them When they
realized their danger, the directors tele-
phoned - the British minister, Who
appealed 10 President lrigoyen. The
President designated former Minister
of War Gonzales 10 act as chief ~ police
to fill the existing vacancy ID that Office,
and under his command b force of mounted
police went - the works and rescued
the directors.
The strikers IT, Is asserted then hogan
shooting, and the government rushed
three hundred iafantrynen, With ma
chine guns and two cannon, to the scene.
Meanwhile. the strikers are said 70 have
{
supplied themselves with arms and
ammunition The battle was still going
on at O'Clock last night
Infantry and cavalry forces number
ing six thousand men have been called
into the CITY from the provinces, and
this afternoon patrolmen were summoned
70 their stations and armed with rifles.
The city tonight is under guard Of IN
fantFy piatoons.
Serious disorder followed the funeral
Yesterday afternoon Of the FIVE persons
killed IN Tuesday disturbances. After
the burial If the victims. more than one
thousand strikers who had formed the
procession burned passenger tram on
the Pacific Railway and tore up he track,
Daraly1lng traffic on the trans-Andean
line They later burned . Catholic church
and the giriS' school adjoining The
district police station ~ the Fasena Iron
Foundry was captured By armed strikers.
but L was asserted At police headquarters
al midnight that the station mad been re-
captured During the night the strikers
entrenche,l themselves around the NaSena
plant The strike committee asserts that
one company Of infantry on this locality
refused TO fire on the strikers. laid down
its arms and went 70 its barracks With the
men under arrest
The official socialist party organ. la
Nanguartiia says this morning
The funeral OF Tuesdays victims WIS
attended by $1,000 persons Tho coTtege
was fired upon twicc Il Is lmpossiDle 70
state the number of killed and wounded
IN Thursdays clashes, but fhe casualties
will reach great numbers. All the unions
have decided 20 continue the strike in
definitely as a protest against Thursdays
events The government has cilsembarked
marines and sailors because it mas no
faith Ia the army
Shortly before midnight Two regiments
NJ Camp Mayo. he Headquarters OF the
Buenos Arcs district refused IL come
70 the city 70 do STRIKE duty Early last
night. however. The government had
assembled several thousand troops, com
prising army and navy contlngents
\ heavy guard was PLACED around the
government palace and . threatening
mob N the ytc'nity was dispersed