EVICTIONS IN VIRGINIA
RESULT IN REVOLVER FIGHT. 12 PERSONS KILLED. (Australian and N.Z. Cattle Assn.) NEW YORK, May 20. Seven detectives, three miners, one agitator, and the Mayor were killed in a revolver tight at Matewan iWest Virginia). The trouble arose over the attempted ejection frorn their homes of the striking' miners' families by detectives!. Shooting became general'. The situation quietened down cariy in the night.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14369, 22 May 1920, Page 5
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