The foreign staff at the Henningsen Produce Ca., American, at 256 Sawgin Road, in extra-Settlement territory, were kept virtual prisoners by strikers, mostly women, on Monday night, it was learned yesterday. The strike started at 6 p.m., the workers "manning" the staircases and preventing the foreigners from leaving. Mediation was tried by the Settlement Police and later by the compradore ofthe firm. It was nearly midnight before the workers agreed to leave. About 200 women and seventy men are employed.
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