UNITED STATES STRIKE
j TROOPS CALLED OUT. jßy Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, July 8. A section of workers employed by the Dominion Coal Company struck for higher wages. They arc member* of tlie United Mine Workers, an American organisation. The remainder, who belong to the Provincial Workmen's Association, did not strike. One thousand strikers attacked the property of the latter' association at Bay City, in the State of Micliigan. The'Riot'Act '.van read, and 1000 troops with two machine guns had to be sent to cope, with the disturbance. The Star fMontreal) states that a powerful business corporation in tha United States supports the members of the, United WprHers'' Association. , i
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 10 July 1909, Page 2
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109UNITED STATES STRIKE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 10 July 1909, Page 2
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