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Show POLICE AND STRIKERS IN PIERCE C0NPLICT . ; . I LEITBRIDOE.'. Canada. April 1 8erlous disturbances' have occurted between be-tween the striking coal miner, here and the police: -Late last evening a wrangle occurred' between -non-union and union men. .. ' The; mounted police whch have " been maintaining order -here since the strike started attempted to restore order. They sxrested one union man. but were Immediately Im-mediately surrounded by sympathisers . to tlu) number of over 30O. besides quite a number of women and children. There were only about' half a doseil policemen present, and an Immediate call wmm eeni xo ue Darracks for assistance. ' Meantime a hand-to-hand encounter red' ii w"'ch etlcks and stones were used. Tbe prisoner was taken from the police and one of the latter, Constable ltxgerald. was- seriously Injured by a stone. His head was laid open and he was rendered unconscious, but the Injuries In-juries are not believed to be fatal. v Later In the night a dynamite outrage was perpetrated upon the house of Joseph Oros. a non-union miner. The house was completely wrecked, and windows in adjacent houses were broken, but . no one was seriously Injured. About an hour later a second explosion occurred at the house of 8ye ungary, but little damage was done 'except in broken glass About 1 o'clock this morning the Ungary house was discovered on fire, and the po- l' found the premises saturated with coal oil. |