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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 149, 23 June 1894, Page 12

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Shocked Scxhs ax a. Pwroii IB Coal Bang. 9 ■ A Niw York telegram says: 'fr"« Pennsylvania coke region there baa X* further desperate rioting to-day, w ■ j the moment of cabling the situati * ! several districts is very grave. Souse di! patches attribute this recrudesce „* violence to the machination® of y~ Anarchists; bob a more reason*] pliination seems to be thab it & aa^aKS. drink. The strikers, though out of wbA* aro nob without money; and they! 2wS| I within the lasb week, taken to drfak Ji ' means of killing time. This haß3£sf|i§ proved their tempers, and to-day oi||gjS| assaults upon the workers took nHSffi many works. Tbe most serious u£mf3l at Scottdale, and it was commenced, *g 0 a previous occasion in that district, bytk, women, the wives, sisters, and daughters^ the strikers. Several hundreds of tfcew determined, strong-minded, and it females started oub early this mornis, proclaiming their resolve to dtavebbebUcfc! legs out of McClure's works, as a pretfnh mary to the clearing of the entire dittri, of tho men who, bhey beliave, alone «taikj in the way of the speedy and complete vie. Tory of'the strikers. On arriving at 4h« works, the women found tbe main u2i§' held by a strong force of deputy-m&nhtl with drilled ' blacklegs' in reserve. Wli women called upon the latter to quit wotL and it is alleged were answered wiftjeftil Thus exasperated, and encouraged by tJj, male-folk who had followed close btaig them, the women advanced. The; bad not proceeded more than a yard or two, vße&a shot was fired. This was tha gjgn tor the strikers, who at once swoop down upon the deputy-marshals. Tie latter fired a volley, which laid low several - of the rioters: bub they pressed ' oa,' and coon a desperate hand-to-hand figj was in progress. The strikers managed to drag oub the manager of the works, and t&i chief book-keeper of the firm, th peft aversions, and these unfortunate men * bludgeoned and kicked, in a frightful manner by male and female rioters ati! The strikers were finally beaten off, lea?. ingthree of their number mortally wounded, while many were less seriously injured. The manager has since died of the injtm inflicted upon him, and the book-keeper v in a bad way. Fighting is now proeeed'u in other districts, but no details are yeb to hand. It is announced, however, that further reinforcements of troops are being sent into the disturbed localities.' r ■■ • ' ill