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No Speck Of War In Illinois

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
August
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Bloomington, Hls., July 30.- The miners at Roanoke declded not to go to work yesterday morning, and the army of strikers which was marching upon the city was informed of the decisiĆ³n when they were a mile west. The sheriff and a delegation of the miners left Roanoke at 2 o'clock, met the visitors, assured thera that none of the men would go to work, and called upon them to return to their homes. The leaders of the army agreed to do this and the town resumed its wonted calm. The miners of Roanoke insist that they will not resume work until the general strike Is declared off, and if this agreement is lived up to there is no probability of any trouble. The visitors were orderly except that they seized a Santa Fe train at 11 a. m. and demanded transportation to Minonk. They were refused and the train held. Late last night nearly all the raiders left town. An attempt was made to burn the Santa Fe bridge near the town last evening, but discovered in time to save the bridge.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier