STRIKE RIOTS.
BATTLE IN PITTSBURG. SHERIFF'S RETREAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. Jnnuary 29, 9.15 p.m.) .Pittsburg, January 29. Serious rioting has occurred in connection with a strike at the American Steel Wire Company's works. The strikers attacked tho police and in the" fight several strikers were killed and many injured. The streets hecame blocked and impassable with riotous crowds, and the battle lasted for hours. There was much firing of revolvers, and the sheriffs finally retreated, leaving the strikers to harangue half through tho night. If there is a resumption of the rioting it is feared that tho militia will be ordered out.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1661, 30 January 1913, Page 5
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103STRIKE RIOTS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1661, 30 January 1913, Page 5
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