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Held By Strikers

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
April
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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■ PoMkRuT, ö., April 11. - Foiir hundred ■ BtriUi'fs ;ui i sjruijjiitliizers (rom SyracutSu (i.iv il, il ii-UoiHi City, Mason sud ! Pomeroy ma's -I ai Mincrsvílle, to torco the nifn wurking lu the Williams mine toíaydown thelr toulá and come out. I ïni-ï tor m od in rauks, four abreast, and j marcfaed up ilie streel to the mine and ! formod to w iit the oppearance of the ; minprs as tbey carne out ai the close oí y a Work, benig lorbidden tjy the , operators DO trespass on private grounds. I At 4 o'clotik moa Oüiue out and were mot by i comiuitrDee of Beven trom the ' stinkers who usuil persuasión to iuduee thenj to join the strilcors. Sarreadored After Two Hour' Tillk. For two hours the tweuty-thrue men held Oiit stuijbornly with the 40J strikers mossed abuut them on a vacaat lot. They were assured by Master Werkman Eli Thomas tiiat they wonld be amply cared for i:i case they joined the strikers. iDnce a riot wns neany started by Mrs. AmerIcus Muuiby, wiie of the leader of the nou-union inen, pariuliug up and down the .Viruet wnh a revolver umler herapron, and deolaring that she would shoot the lirst man thac molested hor. Finally the non-umon men surrenuered and ugrecd to join the stiikeis. Mrikert Had Coiue Loaded.'f ïhi announoement was greeted by cheers, followed by a volley of pistol shots in tiie air, showing that the strikers were determined to suceeed by persuasión or force. All pardies were determined and made no altempt to cunceal the fact. The aj'air has ended fortunately in thatthere has been uo bloodshed. Au assault will ba ma ie on the Peacock mine jüatnrday, it bein now the only mine in tlie Bend not paylng tlie ü-eent rate. One huudred and fuur men re werking there.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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