The Labor Riots in the States.
(PKB PBRSS ASSOCIATION ) Washington, July 12. The railway strike is collapsing, but numerous isolated outrages still continue to be reported. A train was derailed at Sacramento and three soldiers killed. The general strike is a fiasco. The Senate warmly endorsed the President'! conduct. Troops ccoupied the railways at Sacramento unopposed, the striker^ dispersing at their approach. Chicago is covered with flags in celebration of the strikers* defeats Previous to the withdrawal of the order to strike a section of the Knight of Labour had refused to obey it. The Chicago strikers conspired to destroy the terminus of the Illinois Central Railway by means of dynamite. July 13. Railway traffic has been generally resumed.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 12, 14 July 1894, Page 2
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