STRIKE RIOTS.
A THOtJSAND CASUALTIES. ! >.. FARCICAL MILITIA. (Press Asepcdation-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, Feb. 24. The "Times" Washington eorres--ponderit states* that, the Philadelphia strike and riots are attributable to political ' corruption. The Republican machine. in. that city is a byword for dishonesty, particularly in connection with the'tramways. Seven hundred and fifty cars have been destroyed, and the total casualties exceed a thousand, -The dead and dying number twelve, and the seriously injured 91, including 31 policemen. One car depot was dynamited.. The'militia, posted at twenty yards intervals, proved a fiasco.' Women stuck tins on the points of their-bayo-nets, and cut off the militiamen's buttons as souvenirs. The-gaol is overcrowded, and business "is paralysed. The trials of the prisoners have begun, and sentences ranging from two to six years' imprisonment have been, imposed. / .
THE STRIKERS BEATEN. Received 10.45 p.m., Feb. 25th'. NEW YORK, Feb. 25.One hundred and fifty mounted State constabulary accustomed to turbulent miners, overawed * the Philadelphia strikers. .' . More cars are running but a general strike is threatened. '
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14141, 26 February 1910, Page 5
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