THE RIOTS IN LEICESTER. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAM.] L ondon, February 12.
>o\, February The operatives employed in the fioisery factories at Leicester lu\o boon out out on «ti iko since yosterdav. Tlie town has been aaccneof riotous pioLirding*. A nv»b of operatives paradci thotoun, snuu-hing the windows of the liou-»e v- ">f the factory proI»rietors and other persons who have made themselves obnoMou-, t<> tliem. They then proceeded to wreck the factories, nqiumtity of valuable machinrry beiner destroyed. The police were totally unable to cope with the outbreak, and a huge number of residents were obliged to be sworn in as special constables.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2123, 16 February 1886, Page 2
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104THE RIOTS IN LEICESTER. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] London, February 12. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2123, 16 February 1886, Page 2
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