Word: cressy
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...restlessness broke out in Ohio, too. At St. Clairsville, police hunted for "Red Head Carrie" Cressi, aged 18, for leading a crew of older termagants to hurl bricks at the Crabapple Mine, injuring Superintendent Tom Willis. But "Red Head Carrie" had fled home to Detroit. A mob of 200 unionists in the Flower Mine district (also near St. Clairsville) rambled down the highway flinging chunks of rock into non-union windows. Out of one window a shotgun blurted answer. Police locked up the shooter for safekeeping. Governor Donahey of Ohio sent word: "The law must be obeyed. If violence continues...
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