STRIKE RIOTS.
London, July. 26. Several pithead riots have occurred in the Rhondda Valley, following a mass meeting at Ton-y-Pandy, the police defending the pits with baton charges. They were driven back with a fusillade of stones. Several police and strikers were badly injured. Finally the military were called out and, with fixed bayonets, overawed and dispersed the rioters, including many women, who were more aggressive than the men. Infantry now patrol the hillsides. London, July 27. Negotiations at Cardiff have reached a deadlock. • The seamen will not return while the other strikers are unsatisfied. The masters refuse to nountil the strikers allow flour to be removed from the warehouses. Importations of frozen meat has ceased, and the docks and sidings are congested with coal, Eight thousand colliers are idle.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 132, 27 July 1911, Page 6
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