Almost 500 arrests were made Paris today in connection with the, eneral strike, according to an off dal announcement. Eighty of "those were on charges of attempting impede work.
In the afternoon there were serious street clashes between strikers and the Gardes Mobile in Lille and Toulouse. Many arrests were made in Lille, and several of the Gai Mobile were injured.
'Reports received from all parts of the country by 'Routers reveal that the strike call was answered mostly by workers in the iron and' stept trades, where the strike started, and least in public utilities.
'Assent was given in the following] percentages: railways, one: road {rans port, (on; dockers and seamen, fort coal, 45; iron and steel, 5; engineer Jing,' 40; shops and. stores, one; ivi service, ten; textiles, thirty: banks, bourse and insurance, one newspapers, forty; food supplies three: electricity, as and water, nil.
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