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Show RACE WAR STARTED IK STAID OLD NEW YORK Little Town on the Hudson Under Martial Law as Result of War Between Be-tween Whites and Negroes. Cocjmans, N. Y. What is practical' ly martial law reigns In this little town on tho west bank of tho Hudson river, twelve miles south of Albany. Tho strlko of tho brlckmakors, In force nil along tho Hudson, broko Into riot hero early Wednesday morning and after a pitched battlo between tho GOO union strikers and nearly as many non-union men, In which one man was Bcvorcly wounded, four Albany Al-bany companies of mlllt'n, about 250 strong, wcro ordered to Cooymans, arriving hero early In tho evening. Negroes nro Imported nnnunlly in tho spring for extra work and Uicy rcfuso, as a rule, to Join tho union for tho short tlmo they nro hero. Tho main demand of tho strikers Is for recognition recogni-tion of tho union by tho employment of only 1U members. |