Piuku Chinose News Ageney Roport 3rd.Dsecenmber.
Ton thousand farm workers in the valloy of Canets, South of tho Poruvian capital, aro continuing thoir strikc, bogun last wock for an cight—hour wrkday minimum wage of forty solos (Peruvian currénéy), payueny of back wages, and paid holidays. Tho strikers, of forty farms, on Novombeor 30th. put up a valiant resistance to savage police attacks in which tcar-gas bombs and firc-arms wero used and a number of farm labourers wounded.
The roactionary Poruvian Authoritios yesterday aftornoon rushed a police detachment to the valley to roinforce tho force thore which has violatod trado union and all other democratic rights and has arrosted and persecuted the farm workors. Theo strikor have set up their cvm cantovns as ono of the measures to strongthen thoir unity to fight. Thoy have the support of local workers and poasants “ The Peasants! Federation of Caneto demandod that the armed brigades on he forty farms bo withdrawn.