THE AMERICAN RAILWAY STRIKE,

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4766, 6 July 1894, Page 2

THE AMERICAN RAILWAY STRIKE,

A Meat Famine Imminent, Tho strike is acute in the Western States, and despite the active efforts of the troops to raise the bjqekade, tho railway strikers occupy the strategical points of tlio railway system in Pittsburg and on the ; Western Pacific, and forbid tho i moving of trains. '■ ] Strikers have wracked many cars, 1 and have destroyed a considerable length of the permanent way. , I A meat famine is imminent in the 1 towns on the Atlantic sea board, as t the grain and cattle trade are at-a s standstill, ' '' 0 Many factoiies. aio closing for the t want of coal ( The stnkerßniecndea\owing to i involve the Eastern States in the ti dispute so as to securo a univoual fl stoppage of tiafiw t] The whplo of tlio Federal Army a hasboenplaoedat tho disposal of Judges in oulor to onnblo them to d enforce ouler, j The tioops in Chicago have placed battenesof Gatlingguns across the st sheets to prevent disorder, ( |, Tho mob at Pueblo hanged an enjineez and a fireman whom thoy ie- oi jaided as blacklegs, 0 j