Port of Spain, June 22, tension in the Trinidad oil-fields, where operations are at a standstill, was aggravated to-day when strikers, parading the town and forcing ships close, came into violent collision with the police.
Four sinkers were killed clashes in various parts of the the total known casualties since the start of the walkout to twelve dead [and 24 seriously injured.
detachment of 150 marines and bluejackets from the British cruiser Ajax, which arrived while the dis turbances were in progress, were landed at Pointe Agirre, where they have installed machine-guns to pro-feet the oil-folds.
'A mob to-day burnt the railway station
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