Show TB BPS C LED TO QUIET MB ONE IS 18 DEAD AND MANY HURT WHEN STRIKING MINERS AND GUARDS CLASH corporal Cor corporation lon rejects offer of men en mine stores are arc raided of all provisions lons third time for troops halifax N S F alve ive hundred havoc have reported for duty in ili the cape braton coal fields as the result of arme armed tl clas clashes lids between striking minors and british empire steel corporation police at new waterford these clashed resulted in the death of one in miner trier tho the serious wounding of nn an othor other and injuries to two score fresh disorders were reported in ili now new aberdeen a suburb of glace day bay it was reported that the companas comp anys food shops at mines 12 and 14 had been cleaned out by a mob ot of miners U 1 was also reported although confirmation fir was lacking that the ware house nt at no 14 anti tho the offices at nos 15 16 and 12 were ablaze with no water available in clashes clashed for poss oslon sion of the new waterford power house several hundred rounds ot of ammunition were fired after the fighting police took refugo in the jail at new waterford and reports of plans of miners to raid it were heard the power plant was captured from miner pickets by a surprise attack at dawn and recaptured by the aln minors rs nt at noon william davis dails a minor miner and father of nine children was killed and gilbert dilbert watson seriously wounded tho the power plant la Is the strategic point of the colliery systole eyB topi ln A largo large detail of provincial police departed tor for sydney on a regular train several hours before tho the troop trains left halifax J W mcleod president proal dent of district 26 united mine Alfrie workers of america who ho has hag led tile the strikers in the present difficulty says that the miners ingnora offered to place their grievances in ili tho the hands bands of the minister of labor or tt body wl wah ili final power of 0 decision tills this tho the corporation thru J E vice president ent has re fused to do according to 0 mr mcleod ile ho added that tho miners had already accepted conditions for inter laid down dawn by y jalnos murdock minister of labor twelve thousand miners have been on strike for five mont months lid tile the started when several collieries colli eries cries were closed and store credits were sus BUS for several thousand miners in ili negotiations for a settlement the corporation has ing stated insisted on a 10 per cent wage reduction troops have been called to the I 1 nova scotia coal fields three times in tile the last florec years |