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Most riots had some organication behind thom.
Placards were published or provocative letteni appeared
in the press, Sometimes there woe a good deal of
cyrnbolie. mi - at 1 edrAth in Cornwall two effigies were
made, - one of a local pro-Boer names Glaccon and one
of Kruger both "lying in an oranco box with tarred
face and rotten orange wreathe. "
(1)
Ah Kingston
µt Michael an effigy was hung from a tree with the
inscription "There are the remains of a pro-Boer"
The riots though sometimes confined to
window breaking, were also noted for highly unpleasant
personal violence. At Redruth Glaccon was seized by
the crowd and covered in tar, he was eventually
occortud hone by the police,, At Pudsey near
Bradford a member of the I. L. P. was seriously injured
when a meeting was broken up. In January a stock
broker was attacked bocauce it was runourod that hei had
not offered to keep the jobs of his clerks open while
(1) Cornubian And Rodruth Timen, 9th March 1900.
(2) Gloucestershire Chronicles 10th March 1900,
(3) Cornubinn and Rdruth Timen, 9th Eiarch 1900