DEAR FOOD RIOTS.
MOB RULE IN FRANCE.
A AVIDESPREAD EFFECT.
[UNITED PEES"? ASSOCIATION- -COPYRIGHT.} PARIS, Sept. 6.
The prompt arrest of the leaders in several disturbed areas is depressing the ardour of the dear food rioters.
Workmen at Fougeres compelled the shopkeepers to sell at prices fixed by the Labor Exchange. A mob at St. Quentin stoned the firemen who were -extinguishing an incendiary grain store fire. Troops charged the mob,. severely injuring several rioters. . . A bricklayer was caught m the act of setting fire to an adjoining granary. LONDON, Sept, 6.
The general labor unrest in Europe is attributed to the universal increase in food prices, consequent on the drought.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3317, 8 September 1911, Page 5
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111DEAR FOOD RIOTS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3317, 8 September 1911, Page 5
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