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Elko, Elko County, Nevada
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In Billings, Montana, 75 deputy marshals tried to arrest the Butte City contingent of the Coxey army, resulting in a fight where deputies were captured and 3-4 injured, no deaths. Military commanders Col. Swain, Col. Mason, and Col. Page ordered to intercept and prepare troops in the Northwest.
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An attempt was made by seventy-five Deputy Marshals to arrest the Butte City contingent of the Coxey army at Billings, Montana, yesterday. A fight ensued and the deputies were captured. The latest dispatches say that no one was killed, but three or four were injured. Col. Swain in command of the Department of Dakota has been ordered from Washington to intercept the army and restore the railroad's property. Colonel Mason of the third infantry, commanding at Fort Snelling, has been ordered to hold the entire command in readiness to move at a moment's notice, and similar notices have been sent to all the military posts in the Northwest. It is thought possible that the Coxeyites may get past Fort Keogh, and in that event the troops will be ordered out. The garrison at Fort Keogh numbers 500 men with a gatling battery in command of Col. Page who says he will execute his orders.
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Billings, Montana
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Yesterday
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no one was killed, but three or four were injured; deputies were captured
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An attempt was made by seventy-five Deputy Marshals to arrest the Butte City contingent of the Coxey army at Billings, Montana, yesterday. A fight ensued and the deputies were captured. Col. Swain in command of the Department of Dakota has been ordered from Washington to intercept the army and restore the railroad's property. Colonel Mason of the third infantry, commanding at Fort Snelling, has been ordered to hold the entire command in readiness to move at a moment's notice, and similar notices have been sent to all the military posts in the Northwest. It is thought possible that the Coxeyites may get past Fort Keogh, and in that event the troops will be ordered out. The garrison at Fort Keogh numbers 500 men with a gatling battery in command of Col. Page who says he will execute his orders.