Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1920 — STEVEDORES RUN VERA CRUZ [ARTICLE]

STEVEDORES RUN VERA CRUZ

All Officer* and Business Houses ol Mexican City Are Closed Because of Strike. Vera Cruz, Mex„ Nov. I.—All offices and business houses in yera Cruz closed and will remain shut until the federal government can give guarantees of protection. The striking stevedores and the merchants have not been able to come to any agreement. The strikers will not allow merchants or ship owners to move their goods. The stevedores’ \pnton In Tampico has sent threatening telegrams td all large shipping concerns here demanding that a settlement be arranged within five hours after receipt of the telegrams- They threaten boycott and sabotage. ' • . —.l