THE LABOUR RISING IN AMERICA.
THE COLLIERS ON STRIKE. RAILWAY SERVICES STOPPED. NEW YORK ISOLATED. Press Association.— Telegraph.—Copyright. Washington, April 22. The Lower House is discussing the question of reinforcements. Coxey's labour army is. marching to Washington. Davis, one of the Kansas members, proposed' that employment for half a million men should be found on public works in order to prevent disorder, but the motion was rejected. New York, April 23. The colliers' strike in the United States has begun, and a large body of Coxey's men are arranging to assist the strikers. The Omaha railway companies have stopped their services fearing outrages, and the city is thus isolated. The militia is called to be in readiness, and the citizens are urged to provide waggons to assist the exodus from town.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9493, 24 April 1894, Page 5
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