AMERICAN STRIKE RIOTS.
TROUBLE IN PITTSBURG.
WESTINGHOUSE EMPLOYEES.
By Tcieunph— Press Association— Tcpyright.
v Pittsburg, June 29. Disorder broke out yesterday among the Wcstinghouse employees who arc on strike. Pickets arc surrounding all the entrances to the works, preventing anybody entering the premises.
Twenty armed guards failed to keep the works open, and the deputy sheriffs failed to maintain order.
The local police were reinforced by 20 special officers, but could do nothing.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15649, 1 July 1914, Page 9
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