Kingston, June 3. Bloodshed marked the resumption of labour strife today in Jamaica and several strikers were shot and killed as the authorities took stern measures to quell the disorders.
Police were forced to fire into a mob of looters fifty miles outside Kingston and killed two and wounded two. ' Following this incident British soldiers patrolled the city's streets and suburbs.
New strikes flared up in banana and sugar estates throughout Jamaica, threatening new disorders.
Strikers mobbed police inspectors and severely beat them but the strikers were dispersed by the timely arrival of British soldiers who shot one striker,—United Press.
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