BITTER FIGHTING
CLASH BETWEEN MINERS IN VIRGINIA. STATE TROOPS DISPATCHED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 15, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 14. Messages from Williamstawn, Virginia, state that bitter fighting continues between the mine-workers’ factions in West Virginia, in the Kentucky hills. Several towns wore subjected to heavy fusillades. The inhabitants were forced to stay indoor® without supplies. Six contestants were killed and numbers wounded. State troops have been dispatched to suppress the outbreak. The Federal troops have been ordered to be in readiness.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10901, 16 May 1921, Page 5
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