A Man of War Aground
LONDON, August 13. R.M.S. Warspite (Captain Hon. H. Lambton), first-class armored cruiser of 14 guns, 8400 tone, and 10,000 horsepower, the flagship of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1892
685 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 35
Our Citizen Soldiers. a Bloodless Battle. PARRAMATTA
The members of E Corps 1st Regiment assembled on their parade ground, in the Parramatta Park, at 9.45 on Saturday morning, and each having been served with…
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LONDON, August 16. The new twin screw cruiser Hawke, of the first class, 7350 tons, 12,000 horse power, capsized, and sank in dock at Chatham while being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Convict Miners. Disturbance at Olive Springs. Miners Demand the Convicts. Soldiers Barricade the Pits--Ordered to Shoot Low--Five Men Killed and Many Wounded--A Railway Destroyed--The Governor Mediating. LONDON, August 17
Further outrages have occurred in the United States through employment of convict labor in the mines. A telegram just received from New York reports that at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Silver Strike. Meeting To-day. War to the Knife. Broken Hill
The feeling of the men regarding the manifesto could not be gauged until the mass meeting this afternoon. There, however, it was apparent that the majority were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Pamir Question. the Late Encounter Between Russians and Afghans. Another Forward Move by the Russians. Russian War Material Sent to Central Asia. Troops Held in Readiness. London, Aug. 17
The recent encounter between Afghans and Russians at Ak Tash, where the Russians have established a military post, originated in a dispute between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Freedom with Firearms. a Drover Badly Wounded. A Constable Shot At. MELBOURNE
Early this morning a drover named Richard Baker, of Albert Park, was riding out to Flemington, when suddenly the report of firearms rang out behind him. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War of Strikes. Mines and Railways. New York and Tennessee. Dynamite and Disaster--Buffalo in a State of Siege--Capture of diers--Convict Miners --Soldiers Defeated. LONDON, August 18
The pointsmen's strike in the New York and Lehigh Valley railway is still occupying the attention of the authorities. The city and district of Buffalo has been declared in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Strike in America. Spreading to Other Railway Men. Soldiers Powerless to Prevent Outrages
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The latest with regard to the strike of pointsmen on the New York and Lehigh Valley Railway is that the strike has extended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Welcome Home for Sir George
SIR George Dibbs is coming by the American mailboat Mariposa, which left San Francisco this week. The boat is timed to reach Apia on September 3 and will there be joined by Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Religious War in Africa
CAPTAIN Lugard, according to a London cable, has consented to allow the Roman Catholics to occupy Buddu, in Central Africa, while in Uganda all religions are to be regarded as free. This is very…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Civil War in Bolivia. London, Aug. 13
The rebels in Bolivia, under the command of General Hernandez, have defeated the Government troops, killing 1000 men, including four of the…
Continued on Trove, page 416 →The Civil War in Morocco. London, Aug. 11
News from Tangier, in Morocco, says that the Angherine rebels, under their leader Hmam, forced the Sultan's troops to attack them at a place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 416 →Convict Labor in America. Fighting at the Olive Springs Mines. Capture of a Military Train. Fifty Soldiers Taken Prisoners
LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Further news has been received with respect to the disturbances at the mines at Olive Springs in Tennessee, United States, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Labor War. the Tennessee Troubles. The Troops Use Gatling Gnus. The Colonel Lynched--Troops and Cannons From Hemphis--The General Ready to Wade in Blood--The Railway Strike -- Buffalo Goods Boycotted--New York Pointsmen 'Cease Work. LONDON, August 19
The aspect of affairs at Olive Springs, Tennessee, where the miners object to the employment of convict tabor, is daily becoming more serious. It is now reported…
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The United States are having something very like a labor war, attended with much bloodshed, and which must leave the bitterest feeling for many and many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Troubles. the American Mining War. Militia Butchered. Defeat of the Miners. the Railway Strike Extending
LONDON, August 19. A large force of troops is hurrying to the rescue of Colonel Anderson, of the Tennessee Militia, whose capture by the striking miners of Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American Labor War. the Miners at Olive Springs. Fighting with the Military. Repulse and Capture of Miners. a Colonel Captured and Rescued
LONDON, Friday Night.--News has been received of further outrages by the miners at Olive Springs, in Tennessee, United States, in connection with the employment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Labor War. the Olive Springs Trouble. Conflict With the Troops Ten Miners Shot--200 Taken Prisoners--The Buffalo Strike Collapsing LONDON, August 21
General Carnes, the officer sent from Memphis City to Olive Springs mines in, charge of troops, has arrived at the latter place. The miners met the troops, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Labor War. Rioting in Russia. Proposed Trades Federation. LONDON, August 22
Rioting has occurred amongst the employees at the Ekaterindslay ironworks, in South Russia. The men sacked the factory and burned the dwellings in the vicinity…
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