INSURGENT MINERS.
BATTLE WITH SHERIFFS DE-
PUTIES.
USE OF ;DTNAMITE,
[Press Association.] (Received June .25, 0.5 a;m.) NEW YORK, June 24. A crowd marched on the Miners' Union Hall at Biitte, where the '.president df the Western 'Federation of Miners ■was outlining a peace plan. They were fired on by the sheriff's -deputies. Three men were snot. One was killed, and another is believed to have been fatally wounded. A battle "is raging round the Union Hall, the insurgent miners firing from the tops of'buildings. Armed men proceeded to tlio Stewart Mine. "They boldly caa-riea boxes of dynamite, 'but the guns of the deputies- prevented their pladng an effective charge. Two heavy explosions occurred.
A crowd attempting , to dynamite the Miners' Ball ible.w front out of the hall.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147, 25 June 1914, Page 5
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128INSURGENT MINERS. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147, 25 June 1914, Page 5
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