U.S. RAIL STRIKE
Women Stop Train CREW ATTACKED, (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received October 21. 7.19 p.m.) NEW YORK. October 20. A message from! At nden .(Louisiana’; states 'that four hundred women strike sympathisers surro,undei ( ] a train stopping for water there last night and e 1 imbed aboard. They beat the engineer, forcing him to telegraph his resignation to the pres dent of the railway. They chased the crew into th? woods, leaving the passengers stranded. When, an official of the train protested, the women overpowered him| ripped off h's clothing, and slapped him soundly. This is the second time within a week that women have participated in the strike- on the Lou'sana and Arkansas milhvay line. In the last incident, .twenty-five women halted a freight train and imprisoned the crew in the caboose. They tried to force them to resign.
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Grey River Argus, 22 October 1936, Page 5
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141U.S. RAIL STRIKE Grey River Argus, 22 October 1936, Page 5
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