FATAL COAL WAR
IN AMERICA STRIKE SEVEN MONTHS OLD. (United Prosa Association—By Electric ! Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, September 26.. A: message from Columbus, in Ohio, states that National Guard troops have been patrolling the nearby j’Coalfields, following on violence between the jafriking miners and owners, that re'"'Slilted in the death of two persons. An 'eighteen-year-old boy was killed while he was seeking refuge in his home during an exchange of shots. Earlier, a, striker was killed by a worker during an argument. The strike'has now been' under way for over seven months. It I1&3 been marked by sporadic violence. The present difficulty is that the owners refuse to obey the truce which was negotiated by the Government Truce resulted '• in the premature removal of the troops recently when the union ratified it.
At Springfield, twenty-five coalmine strikers were arrested as the result of yesterday’s fatal riot. They were released on bond. They were heavily gaurded from possible retalia* tion by miners who gathered before the court house during the hearing. They allege that the trouble has been fomented by Communist agitators.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1932, Page 5
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