| Show A LAOBIO DB3IATVDS OF LABORERS iN IlJ T 1SH n NDVRAs k Employers Lefustplyj3Tiich CaBaes1 Troafele Aa Attempt to RcscHe Prisoacrs BIue 2TacIcetS Appear ea the SoeSeV > Jiewr Orleans XaJDeG 18Tile Cen t txI Jianerican Timee ef Dec 14pub lished at Belize British Honduras received re-ceived jhere by 4nall today contains a lonsraooount a labor rlolrwlUch took place there on the Ith dnst The origin ori-gin 6f the present disturbance purely industrial The men engaged in ma hpgony and 4og wood cutting which constitute the bulk of the laborers of iSie colcnydemanded higher wages than mercbrante were Inclined to pay and having failed to obtain relief by application appli-cation to the authorities they became exasperated and began to wreck the stores of their employers When the mob neauchsd Mulfcrlea store It was confronted by the clerks armed with revolver They fired over the heads of the mob end wounded a man and ai woman The mob then rushed into Cramlerj s ore smashing Jiumber of1 glass cases music boxes and musical instruments and carried oft a large number of watches Several perspns were slightly brulsedj by being struck With cbJiora about 330 oclock whetf he oting began until 5 oclock the tt7 vvars unprotected und at = the Tmercyotltfie inpb The constabulary was odebiXthe rioters wera not in a t Siperto istfenj to reason and all efforts1 oC h pfiicers were insufficient to produce acdfesatlon of the disorder All they coilld dp was to take into custody aifdconflna in the police station sta-tion a man whom they looked upon as a ringleader 4 The rioters then turned their attention atten-tion to the polices station The windows win-dows were broken and the attitude of the mob was so threatening that the prisoner was released A few minutes before 5 oclock forty blue jackets and three files of marines were landed and marched to the courthouse wharf On the blue jackets being drawn up in front of the police station all signs of disorder ceased From the steps of the council chamber the governor addressed ad-dressed a few remarks to the crowd urging them to disperse During this time moro violent spirits had rapidly crossed the bridge and were reassembling at Curries store and became exceedingly threatening again The sailors were then brought over to keep them in check The at torneygeneral mounted a box and gave the men five minutes to disperse threatening if 1theyaid not he would read the riot act and the sailors would use their firearms The mob stood sullenly sul-lenly around for a short time but gradually melted away On the 12th there was an attempt made by the strikers to rescue eleven prisoners as they were being transferred trans-ferred from the police station to the Jail but the blue jackets droVe them off On Wednesday Cramer Co posted a notice offering to pay woodchoppers wood-choppers 15 per month the amount the strikers demanded The men then sent a white flag to the governor asking ask-ing that their comrades in prison be only fined and that they be paid 15 per month So far the governors answer an-swer has not been made public H XL S Pelican has arrived and the Canada was expected again yesterday Troops for Brltlsli Honduras Xew York Dec 18A special to the World from Kingston Jamaica says Troops have gone to Belize British Honduras to suppress riots resulting from the imposition of English currency cur-rency on the Inhabitants The Spheroid Spher-oid brought an appeal for aid A state of anarchy prevails and there has been some bloodhsed |
