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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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The Victorian Railways. The Differential Rates. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 2

The Minister for Railwaws (Mr. Richardson) has had a conference with the Railway Commissioners on differential rates and the…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— General Cable News. The American Railway Strike. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 1

New York messages state that the strike of Pullman car employees affects 32 railroads. It is alleged that much violence is teing displayed by the…

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The Railway Town Suicide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 1

MR. A. N. BARNETT, coroner, conducted an inquiry ac the courthouse this afternoon into the circumstances connected with the death of a young…

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The American Railway Strike. Serious Developments. The Whole of the Western Traffic Stopped. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1894 · page 2

Messages from New York indicate that the whole of the Western railway traffic has been paralysed by the general strike which has arisen out of…

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Mr. Pound at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 2

Mr. C. J. Pound, who is contesting Alma, addressed an open-air meeting last night in front of the Gasworks Hotel, Railway Town. Mr. James…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 a.m. Late Cable News. The American Railway Strike. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 4

New York messages report that the situation arising out of the strike of railway employees in the West and the stoppage of traffic continues serious…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Late Cable News. The American Railway Strike. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 July 1894 · page 1

New York messages report that the situation arising out of the strike of railway employees in the West and the stoppage of traffic continues serious…

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THE U. S. Railway Strike. Matters Growing More Serious. Riots in Chicago. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 July 1894 · page 2

New York messages show that the railway strike ia the West increases in seriousness. President Cleveland has decided to…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. THE U. S. Railway Strike. Serions Conflict Between Militia and Strikers. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1894 · page 4

Advices from New York report that the railway strike, which started in the West, has spread to that city, and is creating serions riots…

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THE U. S. Railway Strike. The Riots in Chicago. An Extensive Industrial Crisis. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1894 · page 3

New York messages convey fuller details of the riots in Chicago in conaction with the railway strike, a brief account of which was previously…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— THE U. S. Railway Strike. Serions Conflict Between Militia and Strikers. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 1

Advices from New York report that the railway strike, which started in the West, has spread to that city, and is creating serious riots…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. THE U. S Railway Strike. a General Strike Ordered. A Bomb in a Coal Bunker, Compulsory Arbitration Begged for. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 4

New York advices are to the effect that the United States railway strike is extending, and that in many places it now amounts to civil war…

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THE U. S. Railway Strike. Martial Law Proclaimed in Chicago. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 2

Messages from New York report that there are now prospects of the strike on the western railways, which has paralysed business and caused…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— THE U. S. Railway Strike. a General Strike Ordered. A Bomb in a Coal Banker. Compulsory Arbitration Begged for. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 1

New York advices are to the effect that the United States railway strike is extending, and that in many places it now amounts to civil war…

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THE U. S. Railway Strike. San Francisco Strikers Arming. Blue-jackets Called Ashore. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 2

Conflicting accounts come from America as to the progress of the strike which began with the Chicago railway men. One report states that…

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Chicago: the Paris of America. The Centre of the Present Great Railway Strike

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 3

DURING the past few months no city has been more prominently before the world than the great cosmopolitan town of Chicago. Just…

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THE U. S. Railway Strike. Striken Entrenched at Sacramento. A General Strike Still Feared. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 July 1894 · page 2

Messages from New York indicate that the situation in connection with the railway strike in the Western States is improving generally. Matters…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. THE U. S. Railway Strike. Latest Developments. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 July 1894 · page 4

Later news concerning the great railway strike in the United States is to hand. The strike leaders who were arrested…

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THE U. S. Railway Strike. a Probable Collapse. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 July 1894 · page 2

Messages from New York state that the great strike on the Western railways shows signs of collapse. The general strike which was to have…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— THE U. S. Railway Strike. Latest Developments. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 July 1894 · page 1

Later news concerning the great railway strike in the United States is to hand. The strike leaders who were arrested…

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