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Show " MANAGER WAS GAME. BEING ATTACKED BY STRIKERS, HE KILLS THREE. Tragedy- in White Pine County, Ne vada, Sequel to Attempt of Miners to Run Manager Out of Town. A Special to the Salt Lake Tribune from Eureka, Nevada, dated January 7, follows: One of the most sensational episodes epi-sodes in the history of famous White Pine county, this state, occurred this morning in the offices of the New York & Nevada Copper Mining company at Keystone, near Ely. Twelve striking miners of the company com-pany boldly entered the office of Manager Man-ager J. A. Traylor, with the avowed purpose of running him out of town. They overpowered him and threw him down on the floor of the office, but he, being a wiry and quick man, broke loose and secured his pistol, with which he at once opened fire, with the result that three men were killed and three wounded. . The greatest excitement prevails, and the manager's coolness is the talk of the neighborhood. By some, those who sympathize with the miners, the killing is deplored, but the other side uphold the manager and commend his course, which they say was that of self-defense. A strike has been on for some weeks following the reduction in pay from $3.50 to 3 per day, announced by Manager Man-ager Traylor. The miners have been wrought up over the matter, and have seemingly blamed the manager for the reduction. This developed into open threats, and eventually into the attempt at-tempt this morning to drive him from the place, which met with such fatal results to the miners. What the final results will be can only be conjectured, but all sorts of rumors ru-mors are afloat, and more trouble is expected. |