STRIKE RIOTS.
SERIOUS TROUBLE IN WALES. Press Association .—Telegraph .—Copyright. LONDON, March 23. There has been serious rioting in the Cambrian Combines colliery at Clydachvale. A mass meeting of miners condemned the executive for arranging a ballot upon the masters’ terms.' Because th© British Miners’ Federation threatened to stop strike pay, the strikers, including women marched to the mine, took possession of a hill, rolled boulders into the colliery, and tried to set fire to some ricks.
The police, armed with batons, made several charges, but were repulsed with stones. Finally a flank attack dislodged the rioters, who fled to Tonypandy. Many were injured, two of the police being seriously hurt. TWELVE POLICEMEN INJURED. Received March) 24, 9.35 a.m. LONDON, March 23. Twelve policemen were injured at Clvdacbvale. A waggon of hay and a tool shop were fired, and the conflict lasted two hours.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13334, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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144STRIKE RIOTS. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13334, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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