A general strike gripped Havana for 24 hours last week. Only a few trolleys, manned by inexperienced strikebreakers, careened dangerously along the streets. The public would not use them. Taxis reduced their fares to 10¢ and later to 5¢ for a two-mile ride, in support of the strikers. No Spanish language papers appeared. Factories closed. There were many in Havana last week who insisted that open revolution would now be under way and President Machado possibly be in exile were it not for the alertness of Patrolman Melvin of Atlantic City, N....
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