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Show FRENCH STRIKE HAS SUBSIDED Occasional Arrests Are Hcde, but City Remains Re-mains Quiet. PARIS,. Maw 3. The general strike shows further evidence of disruption, but a number of trades are still refusing refus-ing to return to work until their demands de-mands are granted. A' squadron of dragoons is drawn up In the court yard of the Prince Eugene barracks on the Place de la Republic, prepared to respond re-spond to the call of the police. The latter continue to be massed in considerable consid-erable force iin the neighborhood of the Labor Exchange, and occasional arrests ar-rests are made, but there is no disorder. disor-der. A representative of the Associated Press today visited the headquarters of the Confederation of Labor and found It virtually deserted. M. Delsalle, the acting Secretary, said: "French labor movements are entirely entire-ly different from American. Tours are completely centralized and organised, organ-ised, whereas with us the dependence Is almost entirely on the Individual. This morning all our mall and telegrams were stopped by orders of the Government Govern-ment Therefore I am unable to state how far our branches are contlnulnfr to strike. I only know that about 130 delegates representing a large number of trades, held a secret meeting last night and adopted a manifesto which will appear in the Volx Du Peuple tomorrow, to-morrow, denouncing the arrests and the efforts to suppress the movement." . |