American Strikes.

Manawatu Herald, 20 August 1892, Page 2

American Strikes.

The American police refused to act against the Lehigh strikers, ar^ the nrilitia-WBj.'e rdt its feared ji&t jbi polniifemah.-'wilßjoin in the strike,

The mine owners in Tennessee and Bridgeport accept ., _JJnio»ißts instead 'of cbnvibfc ' labour. 1 ""

The prison s ;in jthe: disturbed districts are terribly overcrowded. The police, citizens, • and volunteers appear quite powerless to restore order. In Buffalo moving trains were boarded, roads blocked, and telegraph' wires' cut. ... ■"■'■'] ::Some ..passengers !weve ribbed' while ; emerging .from 'a capsized train. 1 . : :.''.: :'•■■•:■;•/. \ ■■ -,-■ ■■'- >•'*■ ■•■"" The non-Union hands are in a state ot terror, : The Lehigh railway station, with 270 carriages, has been burned. It is expected AQ,t^h^re a general! st^^l^wt^ l^^Two^eg s mxeiltS' > naVe ; blerrseH{ to . maintain order. The damage already, ca.used, by .&g , Railway note aV^uflkVis 5 $%thk&tesi &k£sQ>boor> A >'■■-■ '; ■; .7 . - 1 geven-hundyea^iliihOTk 1 ai ! Olive Springs .^en^aededvibhabithel doriviet^*shQU,ld,bftreiQafled#!:; ..•.(: -■„, . j.ioo ■!■> A body of 25 soldierSvba;rric^ded : them-selveß within the ' convicts' enclosure, and firing" low on the miners , ( cpmplet^l^^^P^ted^ .jt^pa/ Rifling , ! fiye*^d' 'wouh^ding /a^ jla^gV .-nu'mjbw. } '' | r w/ '-. .''■'!" '-J/'-,)\ { The; r ' ; niinfeVs v fttemi tq.^n^ap ah'oiner atiacfe oh'ftie 'donvict'p^apjl hkve destroyed the railway " line leading to the town in order to prevent reinforcements of soldiers ; b6iMSeßj;i afciJ-'itfoY QZUZBi i j The Governor of the State is s mediati^^liM^^te^tMegird to the employment of convict .labour. , '" i Traffic is beiri^''T6Sviffl6d on the liehigh section of railway, under. the protection of the trojros. . „ _ ' . I Tfe W^SfiGSm^Sjl f^rk .CenkyilinethaW^lißG^sfeAictf which, with the Lehigh strike, ties up an enormous amount of traffic. i The attempts made-by miners in j Nashville to release convicts were defeated. Many persons were wpUflded "in-tfae'ehco'tm'te*. f " Trob^ | ai,'e ha / e«eMtig-t6' i toe l:! s6eh'e ;t t ; o 'a'^ist in preserving order. I

IThe miners at Nashville, Ten?'ic ssee, made a second attack upon he prison; and after a desperate 1 "fight defo^g x % (fjHtfWt and Twelve* were killed and twenty wounded in the affray. 'Troops are being massedv>atid ifehtf' whole; diafif io&li s. iv a^atate of itprenml 1 ) :The miners are blowing up railways with dynamiter tcr prevent the I arrival of the soldiers.

The strikers at, Blif&lo^we'l'e* charged and die^ersdd'by thVtrdops. It ; is feared that the drivers and stokers on the New York Central line will also strike.