THE CUBA REVIEW 



EL NUEVO CENTRAL EN TUNAS 



La primera compra de los terrenos del 

 nuevo central que se levantara en la ju- 

 risdiccion de Victoria de las Tunas y el 

 cual es uno de los principales accionistas 

 el senor ^Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo 

 se ha verificado ya, ascentliendo dicha 

 compra a (ill caballerias que pertenecian 

 al senor Pedro Gallo. 



Sabemos que dentro de breves dias se 

 otorgara otra escritura de venta de 1,300 

 caballerias de terreno anexa a las ante- 

 riores. 



EI capital suscrito para dar principio a 

 las obras del central "Dumanueco"', a que 

 nos referimos, asciende a dos millones de 

 pesos, que seran aumentados a medida que 

 se vavan realizando las obras. 



LA COMPRA DE LA FINCA SAETIA 



La poderosa United I*"ruit Co., ha com- 

 prado la gran hnca "Saetia", de Dumois 

 Nipe Co., en la cantidad de un inillon y 

 medio de pesos. 



Con esta compra, puede decirse que la 

 United Fruit Co., posee la parte mas im- 

 portante del riquisimo literal de la bahia de 

 Nipe. 



Se dice que la United inmediatamente 

 establecera su tercer ingenib superior al 

 "Preston". — La Lucha, Habana. 



A SUGAR MILL AT SAETIA 



It is understood that a new sugar mill 

 will be built at Saetia, Xipe Bay, by the 

 United Fruit Co., who have purchased the 

 lands of the Dumois Nipe Co. The price 

 is stated to be $1,500,000. 



The new mill, the third of tlie United 

 Fruit Co., will be larger than that at Pres- 

 ton. It is understood also that the Dumois 

 Nipe Co. has an interest in the new enter- 

 prise. 



In 1911 the United States exported 429,000 

 barrels of cement to Cuba. 



Information comes from Santiago de 

 Cuba that the work of rebuilding the 

 "Esperanza" mill in Oriente Province has 

 been begun. New and modern apparatus 

 will l.e installed w-ithin a short time and 

 the mill will grind next year's crop. 



SERIOUS STRIKE IN HAVANA 



A general strike of stevedores, launch- 

 men, dock clerks, wharf laborers and coast 

 shipping sailors began in Havana May 2d. 



Street railway employees and street clean- 

 ers also threatened to go out. The strike 

 was precipitated by a controversy over 

 piece and day work. Under American 

 occupation. Governor Wood published what 

 was known as order No. 71. It was an 

 agreement between stevedores and certain 

 shipping companies fixing prices by the piece 

 for handling merchandise on the Havana 

 docks and making ten hours a day. Very 

 shortly thereafter the stevedores broke the 

 agreement, demanding an eight-hour day. 

 The wage system was then adopted, with 

 a rate of $2.50 for day work and $4.00 for 

 night work. 



The companies claim that order No. 71 is 

 not a military order, nor a law, but an 

 agreement of private parties, despite its 

 promulgation by the government under 

 American occupation. It was not binding, 

 they say, except for specified companies. 



On May 10th the men resumed work, but 

 struck again in a few hours. An agree- 

 ment was finally reached, however, before 

 the day ended between the steamship agents 

 and the labor leatlers, which provided for 

 the appointment of a joint commission to 

 arrange a wage schedule within fifteen days. 

 In case of disagreement, the question at is- 

 sue was to be submitted to arbitration. 



The last word on May 18th regarding the 

 situation was to the effect that a committee 

 appointed by President Gomez was arbitrat- 

 ing the differences between the men and the 

 steamship companies. A truce has been 

 declared until May 25th, after which, if the 

 demands of the men are not satisfied, the 

 strike mav begin anew. 



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