LABOUR QUESTIONS.
f AFFAIRS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Press Association.—By Telegraph—Copyright.
Washington, April 27.
Before the Marshal's men were defeated by Coxey's followers at Dakota a heavy running fire was kept up between them and the occupants of the train.
Three hundred Unionists are marching to Lotuka to compel the miners to join the strike, and troops have been ordered to the scene in expectation of trouble.
Railway and steamer traffic throughout the States is paralysed owing to the scarcity of coal consequent on the miners' strike. April 25. The guard at the White House has been increased. President Cleveland remains at Washingtou, though warned to avoid the streets, since the Coxeyites possess dynamite.
News has been received that the Lotuka workmen fled, and troops dispersed the Unionist coercer3.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 8781, 30 April 1894, Page 5
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