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March 2, 1928

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BOTH SIDES SET FOR TRANSIT STRIKE; I.R.T. MOBILIZING EMERGENCY CREWS; MAYOR TO SEE UNION LEADERS TODAY; MAYOR WORKS FOR PEACE National Labor Chiefs Coming Today to Take Charge. ROAD GETS 700 RECRUITS Opens Barracks and Dining Halls in Yards and Gets Police Guards. BEGINS TO TRAIN MOTORMEN Union Plans a Meeting to Take Strike Vote Tomorrow or Sunday. 700 Strikebreakers Mobilized. Both Sides Confident. Estimates of Strength Conflict. Hopes for Postponement. Recruiting Starts Early. Dining Halls Opened. Police Leaves to Be Cancelled. Mahon to Take Charge. Business Houses Waiting.

By Unknown Author

W D Mahon and W B Fitzgerald, Pres and Vice Pres, respectively, of Amalgamated, due in city

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DIAMOND 'ELDORADO' THRILLS CAPE TOWN; Mining Minister Picks Up 600 in Stones in Hour on Surface of New South African Field. GOVERNMENT TO EXPLOIT IT Assembly Opposition Fights Plan as Socialism--Fears of Market Fall Expressed. Brought Up by Casual Question. Picked Up 600 in Stones in Hour.

By Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times Company. Special Cable To the New York Times

Assembly debates provision for Govt exploitation of new field reptd on by F W Beyers and Sir D Harris

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MARINES' COLUMNS PRESS SANDINO BAND IN REGION OF FIGHT; Headquarters in Nicaragua Expects a New Clash at Any Moment. BANDITS FLEE INTO JUNGLE Aviators and Foot and Mounted Patrols Scour Area--Fight Has Intensified Drive. FIVE DEAD BURIED AT SPOT Wounded Are Treated at Condega--Encounter Was Surprise to Sandinistas, Details Indicate. Forces Press in on Region. To Bring Wounded to Managua. MARINES' COLUMNS PRESS SANDINO BAND

By Harold N. Denny. Copyright, 1928, By the New York Times Company. By Tropical Radio

Marines press Sandino band in region of attack; wounded treated at Condega; rept to Wash

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