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 Does This Mark the Beginning of a New Labor Era?

��A three-inch shrapnel shell contains approximately two hundred to three hun- dred bullets, each one-half an inch in diameter. A matrix of resin or other smoke-producing sub- stance keeps the bullets from rattling, and deter- mines the location and time of explosion by creating a black smoke. At the right, French wo- men loading shells. A small car with receptacles for the shells is run along between the work-tables to receive the shells when prepared

����Above, tamping down explosive charge

with cork stopper. At right, adjusting

"safety-heads" to prevent premature

explosion of the charge

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