TROUBLE AT A THREAD MILL.
GIRLS MAKE A BIG DISTUORB-
ANCE
United Press Association —Copyright Received Oot. 2, 10.53 p.m. LONDON, Oot. 2. Clark’s thread mills at Paisley have been closed and . 5000. persons thrown idle. Dissatisfiaction arose because somo hundreds of mill girls struck out of sympathy with some 50 hoy strikers. The girls created a disturbance, ultimately causing the stoppage of the mills. The girls came in conflict with the police, pelting them with bobbins, and being roughly handled in return.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2201, 3 October 1907, Page 2
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83TROUBLE AT A THREAD MILL. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2201, 3 October 1907, Page 2
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