Serious Rioting in France.
The dockers at Dunkirk, in the north of Prance, pillaged shops, erected and afterwards fired barricades, threw merchandise into the harbour, attacked the newspaper and other offices, and pillaged and fired a coal merchant’s residence. The rioters, who were armed with sticks, shovels and stones, came into conflict with the police. The Chief of Police had his skull fractured. Every commissary of the force and some of the military were wounded.
Martial law was proclaimed, and the cavalry charged the mob. Two Were ultimately killed. Arrangements have been made for the discharge of cargoes with the exception of codl. During a debate in the Chamber of Deputies regarding the strike, Rf. Jaures appealed to the Government to emulate the conciliatory action of President Roosevelt, of America. The appeal was received with cheers.
M Combes (Premier), in response, moved a resolution favouring the reference of the question to arbitration. He announced that he would confer with the coal owners and the miners.
Seventy par cent of the Pennsylvanian strikers have resumed work.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 October 1902, Page 2
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175Serious Rioting in France. Manawatu Herald, 28 October 1902, Page 2
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