Eureka Reporter | 1906-04-20 | Page 2 | Serious Riots at French Mine

1 of women attack wife of strike breaker and stone the officers home of strike breaker wrecked his cifes clothes torn from her back and seventeen soldiers injured by french amazons lens france there was a re newal on tuesday of the disturbances consequent on the strike of the min ers in the pas de calais district the wife of a miner who had refused to strike was attacked in her home kiy women the wives of strikers her clothing torn off and her furniture wrecked gendarmes who interfered to stop the not were stoned by the women and cavalry ordered to assist the gendarmes were similarly resist ed A cavalry officer and two soldiers severely injured and fifteen others received minor wounds sev eral women were arrested but they subsequently were released the general prefect was received with shouts of long live revolution endeavors were made here tues day morning to prevent non strikers from descending the shafts and at antimony an attempt was made to blow up a church with dynamite serious damage was done and a num ber of arrest were made