THE COAL MINERS' STRIKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4564, 23 August 1893, Page 3

THE COAL MINERS' STRIKE.

Serious Tioubles in Wales, The Riot let Read and the Milituiy Oideibd Out London, Augupt 20. Special trains, filled with soldiers, are being hurried dmvD to WftlßS. Business is slopped in the disturbed districts, The prico of stonra ooal bos risen to 80s per ton, Stones wero placed on tbs EboDddn railway, but- wero discovered in time to prevent a disaster. The Dowlais, principally with staves, attackod the mon at work. Tbo Kiot Act was rend, and the military were culled out, The soldiers put an end to the riot, but not till many had been injured. • Batteries of artillery ocmipy the public buildings. The omployorn have issued a manifesto stating that unless the men return and adhere to the scale fixed they nilUnjist on penalties, Mr minors' rcproBontati'iWtho Houso of 'Commons, las appealed to tbo strikers to return. Losd'Os, August 21. The Welch i'trikeis pillaged the bakeries at Forndole last night. The police oharged iho rioters t, 1 Pontypridd several times, and many of the former were injured, The miners in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, ate working on sliding scales. Those in the neighbouring valleys dtsire to imitnfo this couise. The presence of the military and the energy of the Ungutrates prorented the proposed attack on the workers at Ebbw Valo yesterday.