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Over the Wire

Coal Miners Clash

SOUTH PITTSBURGH, Tenn.--Twelve men suffered gunshot wounds--none serious--in a clash between members of rival coal miners' unions near the Battle Creek Mining Company today.

The clash occurred when 150 men halted two trucks loaded with coal miners and fired shotguns and pistols. The injured men were peppered with shotgun pellets. The attackers fired at the trucks and at several men who jumped off and field into the woods.

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