A CHARGE OF MURDER. STRIKE LEADER ARRESTED.
By Telegraph. — Vrexa Association. — C!oD3Tiuh». (Received JanuaTy 11, 9 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 10th January. Sheridan, the strike leader, has boen anested in Johannesburg on a charge of murder arising out of tho dynamite outrages during last summer's 6trike. During the strike a houso, the iumates of which had resumed work after having struck, was blown up with dynamite. The- explosion killed a shift boss belonging to tho Comet miue, named Richards. j A hotel at Boksburg was also dynamited, three persons being killed and several injured. TTiere were several other outrages, much property being destroyed.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 09, 11 January 1908, Page 5
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101A CHARGE OF MURDER. STRIKE LEADER ARRESTED. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 09, 11 January 1908, Page 5
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