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Show A WAR WITH DACOS. Sheriff' i'osse Opens a Fuailade on Them. Lolisville, Ky.. September20. Ad-ices Ad-ices of a reliable nature received today lom Louisa, Ky., say that on Twelve 'ile creek, near Wayne, C. H. Va., rihy, a terrible fight occurred be-n be-n wn the sheriff's posse and a gang of lalian railroad laborers, in which sev-ral sev-ral Italians were killed and a number otinded. Some weeks ago a contrac-t contrac-t on the Norfolk & Western railroad anted Koogh weut away leaving umeroiis creditors, among the umber being si me Italiaus. l new contractor iooK possession f ,the abandoned works v and it a number of laborers to work in lie cut formerly worked by Italians, lie latter refused to allow any one to rork in the cut until they had received heir pay for the work done under efljrh and proceeded to oust the new ulwivrs, Three times the new labor-is labor-is were run out. The contractor ap-ilied ap-ilied to the court for protection and he as furnished a posse of about a dozen i"ii headed bv Sheriff Wayne: n Friday the sberift" appeared and i (to an attempt to arrest the Italians, ho fiercely resisted, and an unequal mibat resulted, with forty or more Lilians on one side armed with stones, nives and revolvers, and the sheriff's on the other. The Italians fought r"in behind trees with stones and hatever would shield a man's body, lie tiring became general and lasted "me mi mites. Several Italians were I'i'il and several wounded. The lieritf's men escaped with a few 'we bruises. About twenty talians were arrested and taken to jail remainder escapod in tho woods, lie scene of tho light is forty or fifty iies from here, and remote from rail-Jiwl rail-Jiwl and telegraph communication. |
