Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-02-27 | Page 1 | Rioting to be Stopped in Kingston

1 00 RIOTING TO-BE IWrQTnw STOPPED IN KINGSTON I Kingston. Jamaica. Feb. 2- Jje governor of Jamacls, Sir Sidney Oil-Ter. Oil-Ter. has taken a determined I stop to 'end the riots that have result ed In the Increased fares on the street ran- ways imposed by the railway com-pauy, com-pauy, a Canadian corporation. The rioting began last Friday and ha3 been continuous ever since Th) governor has issued orders to the police to use armed forco if necessary to quell the disturbances- He declared de-clared that ample protection would be given the company. Considerable damage has been done In many partB of the city and twelve tram cars have been wrecked or burned. Armed detachments of police po-lice now patrol the commercial section sec-tion of Kingston, and the West Indian In-dian troops are held in readiness to reinforce them.