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wITH YREAR.
CHRISTIANSTED,
V. 1. U.S:A.,
TUESDAY, ‘l3tH
JANUARY
1920.
zle and
the
Constabulary
re urned
to
their
bunkoe from whith they
wewe called
ou:,
while the strikers kept movingalong
_
Later in the afternoon,
however,
an
old
|
wcman
was heard
to loudly
execlaim
in
paols:
Zaffaire Sho! Zaffaire Sho assoo
Chke la.
(Things
are
hot! Things
are
ho- on the whavt,)
and
withoui
doubt
things were decidedly
warm, judging from
thoe running
here
and
there and in
every
directionof
big
ecrowds.
some
of
the
members
oI
which
were
excited
and
|
resdy,
1f opportunity presented,
to
‘‘run
the
whole
hog.””
The St
amers”
Ware-
housc
had
to close
tp,
and.
it
is
said,
wi hout
Government
license
imprison
certain
employvees
of .a
Shipping
firm.
Th2 crowd
grew
and
were
getting
dan-
geious
lookinx, when
ine
Sacrefary
of
one
of the
Working 'men’s
Association,
In
~ turned
up, and
by
some
gestures
S
WUROE
Whieha Tt
fioU e
AlLTon
anv distanczs
owing to
' the
growling
of
the erowd,
got them
iy follow
him
to
sote
place elsewhere.
Shortly after,
the
Trinidad Guardian’s.
office
was
rushed
by
some
o! the erowd*vho
swore
all kind
of vengeanc>.
The
ofie:
hasing
been
closed
up by the
erowd,
they
turned
to
the Gazette otfice,
but
some
person
or
< "persons
caused
them
to
desist.
Ahother
-
rush
was later made
on the Guardian
of-
fice and then
one
"Me Couney,
said to
be
**a high colitician,’’caneand
showed his
autwority by causing
ti*zathering te stop
pro eedings.
Meanwhil2 the Constabulgry
ver’ thoughtfully veq:2sted
the
various
spirit
and other
shops
to cloge
—-thereoy
enforecing,
as it were
and wit;ho'lktmnotic'e
i
“*bene dry prohibition’’ in Portfg&ain.
For this unpopuiar
resu't,
hg
.®ver,
the
stricers
!lost
tons
of
svm
)
among
follyvg
"~ and
others.
;\/lan‘?ersm{\
K¢
is
st¢
.
'got.
licks.”
angsothers
v
)
|
cha®gu
.is also said. into
the
mat..
s~
|
ous
and murly
waters
of
the
guif.
To.
|
pus
it shortly,
trade
was held up through-
|
out
:he city, the street*cars
were
boarded.
-by
I ooligans,
who
refused
to
pay fares,
|
etc.
The
Constabulary,
under
officers,
|
wer> in the meles,
but
as far as
we learn
|
no arrests
wete
made
glthough,
it is said
|
th"-, matter
is not ended
one
way
or
the
ot
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-
.
e
|
‘the strike lasted forihree
days, during
which hooliganism
eoniroliod
the
desti-
|
nies of the
invaded
quarter,
in which
|
peaceable’
citizens
moving
about
their
business
were
badly
beaten.
It only
|
cam:
to an
end
on
Wednesday
after
it
|
had
been arranged
to increase
the wages
|
of workers vy
20
and
25
per cent.
The
|
Crown of Castille with
over
200 cases
of
THE
ST.
CROIX
AVI>
y
is printed
and published
daily (Sundays
and
Holidays
excepied)
by
G.
Jchdnsen
|
at the Avis Office.
|
TERMS---50
cents
monthly
wn advance,
:
2 cents
per single copy.
es
o
s
Entered
as
second-class
matter
May
|
26th 1917 at
the Post
Office at Chyistian-
|
sted,
St, Croiz,
W. L. of the U.
.S. A.,
uv-«
|
der the Act of March
3.
1879.
1
Contribution
to this paper will te glad-
|
ly received
wher the same
deals with mat-
ters of geneoral
interest,
and is
accompa--
|
nied with
the
author’s
name,
as
¢ quar-
|
antee of good faith.
The editor eaanot
be
|
responsible for the views of his coriespon-
|
dents nor does
he necessarily
endaorsethem.
Acknnwladrment
~f
the
reeceipt
of
|
the eorresponde
ce
in
the matter of pro-
|
posed
change
in currency
has
beer
made
|
by
rhe
autborities
in
Washington,
and
the
matter
is
now
being
given coasider-
ation
by
th2 State
and Treasury
Lwepart-
ments.—St.
Thomas
Mail
Notes,
Jan.
|
sth.
-
.
The
masquerade
ball
given
al
the
|
Grard Hotel on Monday
night
wa< a fine
|
SUCCEsSs.
‘
!
Afte- enjoring
themselves
with
canc-
|
inz for abeuat
two hours,
the
maskers
un-
masked
2t
11.30 which caused
mary
mu-
|
tual surprises
among
the party.
i
An execiting
feature
of.
the
evening
|
was the “‘Mvstery Ship,'’ which
proved
|
to be
a
vessel
filied with confetti.
|
The
dawce
was fairly well
attended,
|
among
those present
being several
weh-
|
known townsfolk and
tourists
from
s.s.
|
**Moeeasin.”’
‘
E
‘The
dance
wes brought
toan
end
at
|
ona o’clock,
-
|
Music
waus
furnished
by
the Muricipal
|
Band.—St.
Thomas
Mail Notes,
Jauw. 6th.
l
1
LABOUR TROUBLES
AT TRINIDAD.
|
“Our City was
yesterday
tied
vp,
so.
|
far as trade
i+ concerned,
owing
toy
de-
|
monstrations’
(generally passive—hut
in
|
some
cases
hostile)
of
the
stevedor
and
|
other strikers
and crowds
of
the
great
|
unwashed
who neither
work
nor
spin.
|
From early it was
seen
that
trouble
was
|
brewing,
and the fact
was
communicat-
l
ed by South Quay folk
to
Constatulary
|
Headquarters.
Major de
Pass
and
some
|
men were ready
for
eventualities.
but
|
the expected
clash fizzled
out
to
a
irez-
A\"U.10
machinery
urgently
required
for
the
Usine
Ste
Madeleine,
arrived tlere from
Glasgow
wia
Barbados
and
had
to
pro-
cred
to Demerara
to return
before
un-
lecading
in
consequencde
of
the
strike:
while it has
been
officially reported
that
among
the
damage
done
and
larcenies
commmitted
to and
on various craft
in the
harbour, the R.
M. S.
P.
ténder
Bure
re-
ceived
the following ‘‘attentions,’’ on the
first night:
Whistle
wrenched
off; bug-
gv
hood
broken;
four
ventiliators
re-
moved
(where to?),
vacuum
guage
glass
to engine
removed,
as
well as
the follow-
ing articies
wnich
were
nowhere
to
be
found:
Lock
met
to
slide
of
engine;
foot poard
in stern
gear;
four
life bells:
3b fathoms
24 in
rope
for bow and
stern
gear;
two gallons
oil,
one’ tin red
paint;
one tin white
pa'nt;
three
buckets
and
one
hurricane
lamp.
The
Harbour
Can-
stabalary-hag
hean
infaormad
in the
loss.
Numbers
of defaulters
are being © rose-
cuted
for assaults
against
individuals
and
are
being
heavily fined.—Port-of-Spain
Gazette,
Dec.
2nd.
:
Fr.
10,000
can be loaned
on first priority mort-
gage
in a property,
by applying
to
the Upper Guardian.
St.
Thomas
Jauuary
1920.
|
! üblicati101}
¥T
is
hereby
made
known
that
the
l Horse,
Carriage
and
Boat
Tax for
the
first half year
1920
will be received by
the
Policemasters
in
Christiansted
and
Frederiksted
from
the 20th
January
to
the
10th February
1920,
both
days
in-
cluded,
after
which
the
list
ot
arrears
will be transmitted
to the
same
authori-
ties for further
measures.
Each
debtor of tax wiil
be subject
to a
fine Fres.
1.00 if the tax be
under
Fres.
25,00 and
Fres
2.00
if the
tax be
Fres.
25.00
or above,
beside
the
ord nary
levy
expenses.
.
Government
of
the
Virgin Islands
of
the United States
of America,
St. Croix,
December
30,
1919.
For the
Governor,
:
R. O’HAGAN.
Government
Secrelayy.™