RIOTS IN JAPAN.
» . TOKIO, Februaiy 7. Aggrieved at the action of their employers a thousand employees of the Ashivo. copper mine, in Japan, created a riot, and, making use of dynamite, killed the chief engineer. > February 8. The rioters at the Tashimo copper mine plundered and set fire to a liquor store. Fifteen who were intoxicated were burned to death, and the re&t fled at the approach of the troops.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 26
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70RIOTS IN JAPAN. Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 26
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