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A Riot Ends Fatally

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Day
18
Month
October
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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Macok, Mo., Oct ia- Thomas Wardell, a wealthy coal mine operator, was shot and instantly killed yesterday afternoon at Bevier by striking minera dunng a riot. The strikers have been Rreatly incensed at the action of the mine owners by brinping in new men irom abroad, but there was no violent demonstration unt.il to-day v.'lien some of the imported men were set upon by the strikers. During the riot wbich folio wed Wardell was killed. There is intense excitement at Bevier and fears are entertained of further bloodshed. The sheriff and a posse have gone to Bevier.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register