STRIKE OF FRENCH BOOTMAKERS.
RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR,
CHARGED RY TROOPS
ONE MAN KILLED
Per Press Association—Copyright. (Received July 29, 7.32 a.m.) PARIS, July 20. Eleven hundred bootmakers are on strike at Raon-le-tape. While marching in procession through the streets, they commenced rioting when the police tried to prevent them from jnnctioning, in pursuance of an invitation, with the Paper-makers' Trades Union demonstration. Several troops were unhorsed, and .be captain of the gendarmerie was severely injured. The Chasseurs then charged the rioters and one striker was killed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7242, 30 July 1907, Page 3
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85STRIKE OF FRENCH BOOTMAKERS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7242, 30 July 1907, Page 3
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