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WAR IN THE MOUNTAINS.1HALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS RE- IHPORTED AT CUMBERLAND GAP.MOUNTAINEEUS AND RAILROADERS OnENCAGE IN HATTLU.Fifteen Killed and Several Wounded—tiIUoth Sides Arming anJ Preparing for C m Regular War—Serious Trouble Anil- W(*cinatnd by the Authorities. ' Ot lt;GohatlovIChattanooga, Tenn., April 11.—Report*. from Cumberland Gap indicate the situation there alarming. A fight occurred Tuesday between mountaineers and pW foreign laborers engaged on the railroad of tunnel, the latter being on a strike, no'Four foreigners and one mountaineer 3?® were killed and a dozen wounded, ten of^ 0 Ulwhom have since died and the others arein a dying condition. Doth sides are ancow armed to renew th3 tight, A cour- forier was sent from the scene of battle Wlt;Tuesday night to get arms and ammuut- of 1tion. The sheriff with a large posse has Degone to the seat of ww, which is remote si*from telegraph stations. ] tra
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Chippewa Falls Daily Independent

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US

Thu, Apr 12, 1888

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