25 AUGUST 1888, Page 2

On Friday, August 17th, the strike of the Paris navvies

came to an end, after lasting twenty-five days, the funds at the disposal of the men being exhausted. M. Boule, who pre- sided over the Strike Committee, after informing the men that no more money was left out of which the strike could be main- tained, announced that each individual could act as he might think fit. The result was a general return to work on the

part of the men. The privations endured during the strike must have been very great. It seems strange that the men, knowing that they had no real organisation upon which to rely for help, should have voluntarily entered upon a move- ment which could end in nothing but misery and disaster.