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Show jTHOUSANDS OFFER TO TIKE PLACES OF MHJHHI STRIKERS i ;Five Union Leaders Arrested j in Paris and Charged With ! Provoking Disobedience PARIS. March 1. (Havas) Five thousand poisons have volunteered for I service on the railroads during tho I strike, and 200 chauffeurs have placed j themselves at tho disposal of the ministry min-istry of public works in carrying out the revictualling systems, according to the Matin. Hundreds of students from the Central HJgh school have been placed at posts on different railways where they are being given practical instruction. Independent syndicalists ip Alsace-Lorraine nave appealed to railroad men to remain at work. Five railroad strike leaders were arrested ar-rested this morning. All are charged wilh interference with the liberty to work and provoking disobedience. Railroad men mobilized by the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean system were reporting in increasing numbers last night and tho situation this morning scorns. to be some bettor. So far the general strike called on Saturday morning may be said to he a failure as numbers of railroad men are refusing re-fusing to quit, particularly in the provinces. prov-inces. oo |