The Archive · 1912

FRENCH SEAMEN'S STRIKE

London, July 4.

The Messageries Maritimes str. Natal sailed from Marseilles for Mauritius on July 1 instead of on June 25, owing to the strike.

The Havre dockers have struck work. They stopped 8 wagon of cotton and were scattering the bales when they were dispersed by a cavalry charge.

July 6.

The dockers in Dunkirk have resumed work.

The Marseilles correspondent of "The Times" states that the strike of dockers has proved a failure and that 5,000 men wore working yester-

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