AMERICAN LABOUR RIOTS.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A RAILWAY TRAIN. I UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I Washington, 22nd August. The strikers at Buffalo threw tho engine of the New York express off tho rails, but the couplings broko, and savod tho carriages from injury. THE FIGHTING BETWEEN STRIKERS ! AND TROOPS. j WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF RIOTERS. i Washington, 22nd August. The rebellious miners met Goneral Carnes' . troops again and exchanged shots, ten being • killed. The soldiers stood their ground, i and the miners at first retreated, and then , yiolded. i Two hundred were imprisoned in the l stockado. 1 Nnmbers of the rioters have fled to the > mountains for refuge, swearing they will i assassinate Carnes. , At Coal Creek, 400 prisoners wore secured. r Tho churches and railway cars are filled with b them. They will be prosecuted civilly. )
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Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1892, Page 2
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