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Part 4: The “Knife-Affray”–The Charges and Possible International Incident.

by Jerry Carbone | Apr 11, 2020 | Immigrants, Italian Genealogy, News

My previous posts discussed the fight that erupted between Italian and American miners in the Carneyville coal-camp seven miles from the town of Sheridan, Wyoming.  There was one man killed, James Hughey; Charles Fuller was severely injured; and Dan Reynolds was...

Part 3: “The Wyoming Press and the “Knife-Affray.” Was it Yellow Journalism?

by Jerry Carbone | Apr 6, 2020 | Immigrants, Italian Genealogy, News, Yellow journalism

As we have seen in the previous post, four Italians were arrested and charged in the knife-affray of the evening of 14 April 1907 in the coal-camp of Carneyville, Wyoming. They were my great uncles, BrunoAntonio Carbone and Domenico Carbone; plus two other Italian...

Part 2: The “Knife-Affray”, Americans vs. Dagoes

by Jerry Carbone | Apr 3, 2020 | Immigrants, Italian Genealogy, News

The term “dago” is a corruption of Diego,  a Spanish equivalent of James. It has been applied as a generic proper name to Spaniards. A name originally given in the south-western section of the United States to a man of Spanish parentage; now extended to...

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  • Part 5: The Wyoming “Knife-Affray,” The Judicial Process: Charges; Trial; a Dismissal; and a Conviction.
  • Part 4: The “Knife-Affray”–The Charges and Possible International Incident.
  • Part 3: “The Wyoming Press and the “Knife-Affray.” Was it Yellow Journalism?
  • Part 2: The “Knife-Affray”, Americans vs. Dagoes
  • Part 1: Domenico Carbone–My First Immigrant Ancestor

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