The American Railway Strike.
The Btrike is less aoute in the Western Stateß, but despite the aotive efforts of the trcops to raise tbe blookade, the railway strikers occupy strategical points of the railway system iu Pittsburg and the Western Paoifio, and forbid t& moving of trains. The strikers have wreokle- Uv any cms, and have destroyed a considers* » vjgth o» per-, : maoent Way. -j? T' A meat famine is imminent ia the towns on the Atlantic seaboard, and the grain and cattle tra ies are at a standstill. Many factories are closing for want of coal. The strikers are endeavouring to involve the Eastern States in the present dispute, bo as to senare the universal stoppage of traffic. The whole of the Federal army has been plaoed at the disposal of the Judges, in order to enable them to enforce their orderly
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 155, 5 July 1894, Page 1
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143The American Railway Strike. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 155, 5 July 1894, Page 1
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