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Foreign News
September 22, 1774
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Violent clashes between English and Irish haymakers in Middlesex over wages led to attacks injuring over 200 Irish workers; 11 English ringleaders arrested and committed to Newgate.
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The following is a particular Account of a most daring Outrage that the Haymakers about Kingsbury, Edgware, and Hendon, in Middlesex, have committed on each other.
A Quarrel arose between the English and Irish Workmen about the latter accepting of less Wages than the former. The former soon assembled together, to upwards of 100, and fell upon the latter near Kingsbury, cutting and mangling them in a most inhuman Manner, wherever they found them.
On Tuesday the English were 600 strong, and scoured the whole Country, committing the most shocking Scenes of Inhumanity. Two Hundred more, of really inoffensive Hibernians, were cut in a shocking Manner.
The Gentlemen and Farmers of the Country armed themselves on Wednesday, and apprehended eleven of the Ringleaders; who, being carried before Sir John Fielding, were committed to Newgate.
A Quarrel arose between the English and Irish Workmen about the latter accepting of less Wages than the former. The former soon assembled together, to upwards of 100, and fell upon the latter near Kingsbury, cutting and mangling them in a most inhuman Manner, wherever they found them.
On Tuesday the English were 600 strong, and scoured the whole Country, committing the most shocking Scenes of Inhumanity. Two Hundred more, of really inoffensive Hibernians, were cut in a shocking Manner.
The Gentlemen and Farmers of the Country armed themselves on Wednesday, and apprehended eleven of the Ringleaders; who, being carried before Sir John Fielding, were committed to Newgate.
What sub-type of article is it?
Labor Dispute
Ethnic Violence
What keywords are associated?
Haymakers Quarrel
English Irish Conflict
Middlesex Outrage
Wage Dispute
Worker Violence
What entities or persons were involved?
Sir John Fielding
Where did it happen?
Middlesex
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Middlesex
Event Date
Tuesday And Wednesday
Key Persons
Sir John Fielding
Outcome
over 200 irish (hibernians) workers cut and mangled; eleven english ringleaders apprehended and committed to newgate.
Event Details
Quarrel between English and Irish haymakers over wages escalated into violent attacks by English workers (up to 600) on Irish near Kingsbury and across the country, resulting in severe injuries; local gentlemen and farmers arrested eleven ringleaders.