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Show VALPARAISO IN CONTROL OF MAD MOB OF STRIKERS ! . , . Fifty or More Persons Dying and Authorities Power-. r less to Check Disorder. - yALPARAI SO, Chile, May 13.The city Is in tbe possession of 'the striking dock laborers. One prominent man has been killed, six policemen wounded and fifty more are dead or dying. A battle has taken place in the districts dis-tricts of the city In which the police were driven to the barracks by the superior su-perior 'force of the strikers. Greater bloodshed Is anticipated. The mob has surrounded the offices of El Mercuro, and threatens to sack and burn the establishment Thou sands of the strikers are marching on Admiral Montt's private house, swearing swear-ing vengeance on its occupants and destruction de-struction of the building. The authorities seem powerless to check. the mob, and owing to the bitter bit-ter feeling against the police it has been decided to keep them in the barracks bar-racks rather than further excite the strikers by an ineffectual attempt to quell them. Owlns: to the Intense confusion It is impossible to ascertain the exact number num-ber of the dead or the amount of damage dam-age done. |