Almost 500 arrests were made in Paris today in connection with the general strike, according to an official announcement. Eighty of these were on charges of attempting to 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 Gardes Mobile were injured.
Reports received from all parts of the country by Reuters reveal that the strike call was answered mostly by workers in the iron and steel trades, where the strike started. and least in public utilities Assent was given in the following percentages: railways, one; road transport, ten; do: and seamen, fo coal 45; iron and steel, 2 ing, 40; shops and sto service, ten; textiles, thirty; banks, bourse and insurance, one newspapers, forty; food supplies three; electricity gas and water, nil
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