By 1978 more than 300 men had joined the protest.

Those who could not join the protest on Friday made themselves heard.

From both these factories, some 300 people decided to join the protest.

Many say some of their members will stay on through the weekend to join the protest against the financial institutions.

During the day, hundreds of graduate students joined the protest.

But with communications difficult, it was not clear how many people would join the protest.

They said it might encourage more people to join such protests.

They are calling for civic groups to join the protest.

A police spokesman said between 30,000 and 40,000 farmers joined the protest.

Still, others refused to join the protest in fear that they would be fired.