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Show LABOR TROUBLES AT RIGA. Twenty Thousand Workmen Have Gone Out on Strike. 8L Petersburg. Tho rumors of serious seri-ous troublo at Riga woro officially con' finned on Wednesday. Twouty thousand thou-sand mon nro on strike. Many ot tho strlkoru aro dostrous ot working, but tho Socialists doter thorn with threats of murder. It Is dcclarod that there Is a sufficient suf-ficient number ot soldiers at Riga to handlo any disturbanco arising from tho strlko. A regiment ot cavalry Is patrolling tho streets and keeping order or-der moro or less successfully. Wcdnosday night numbers ot shop koepors had to stop work undor com pulsion. Tho agitators sacked a moat market becauso tho owner refused to Join tho strikors. Two million dollars' worth ot perishable per-ishable merchandise Is loading or unloading, un-loading, and tho merchants have applied ap-plied for soldlors to act as stovedores In order to savo this property. , |