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Show DIQ STRIDE AT HAVANA. Serious Trouble Threatened Ilr Three Tlioutaml Htetecloreft. Havana, Feb. 17. A strike which will Involvo 3,000 to 3,-100 long-shore-men nnd stevedores Is threatened, and should It come tho authorities fear that It will bring Cuban affairs to an early crisis. Tho men arc despcrato and ugly, nnd strikes In tho past have Invariably resulted re-sulted In serious bloodshed. As tho strikers villi bo largely Cubans, Cu-bans, It can bo readily understood that a collision between them and tho American soldiers would havo most serious consequences, coming at this time, when each sldo views the other with suspicion. Tho longshoremen have been working fourteen hours a day for an average pay of 81.75 In Spanish silver. They demand 83 for ten hours a day and will probably mako troublo if their demands aro not met. Tho men fear and respect General Ludlow, and ho may bo able to prevent tho strike which now seems inevitable. General Ludlow compelled tho Western West-ern railroad last week to deal fairly with tho engluo drivers, who struck, and tho men believe ho will now right their wrongs. |