The Queensland Strikes.
4 Woolsheds and a hut on the Milo station, near Adavale (180 miles west of Charleville), were burnt to the ground, and the men in charge taken prisoners to the Unionist, camp. A body of police has been stuck up by Unionists at Coreena, and a relief party been despatched to their assistance. The shearers have established a reign of terror in the Barcaldine district, The Unionists are firing woolsheds wagons, huts and grass, and capturing free shearers in all directions. The people are maddened, and thi-eateij to take the law in their own hands. A delegate from the Labour Federation visits the Argentine to report on the advisability of sending Unionists there to form a settlement. The pastoralists are subscribing to the movement.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 21 April 1891, Page 2
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127The Queensland Strikes. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 21 April 1891, Page 2
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