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ers struck in sympathy and later the

strike became general.

The govern

ment offered more money to the stu

dents than the latter hail demanded

but the offer was refused.

Then, Wednesday,

customs

em

ploves, threatening for many days to

strike, seized their chance to walk

out when Dave P. Johnson, Ameri

can collector, had

an

altercation

with one of the native employes over

faulty entries. The employes struck,

hurled typewriters and other mis

siles.

The trouble spread rapidly.

A crowd of 100 strikers,

many

wearing as insignia green ribbons

in left lapels, and including a“num

ber of Damien students, assembled

at noon hefore the National City's

Branch Bank here to harrangue the

bank employes to join the strike.

Grid Star in Kight

(’apt. (Jeorge O'Shea of the Haiti

Guards, who is a lieutenant of the

Marines, joined with others in

at

tempting to break up the demonstra

j tion, assvting him were nine native

guards and laeut. John J. Bukowy,

former Quantico

I

Marine

.tar, and Lieut. Olin Beall.

football

l pe

The demonstrators refused to dis

and O’Shea and his compan

[ions arrested eight who seemed to

i be leaders and sent them to police

headquarters in an auto. The na

guards were armed only with

tive k-..

I nightstick-. The crowd became

i larger and moved to the center of

the business district, and jeered the

American officers

The crowd

Stones began to fly and the Amer

icans

•rested two

more demon

stratori

nocent.

Louis Mevs and Louis In

The mob attempted to

wrest the two arrested men from

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The Washington daily news. (1929). Washington, D.C., 1929-12-07. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016181/1929-12-07/ed-1/?sp=24

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington daily news, 1929-12-07.