Curly The strike is known as the 'Welsh Strike' and started in December 1871. Benjamin Davis and Daniel Jones were shot on 17 May 1871 by the state malitia under the leadership of William Scranton. A good summary of the incident is in the book 'Wales in American: Scranton and the Welsh 1860-1920' by William D. Jones published in the USA by University of Scranton Press ISBN 094086665X Library of Congress Catalog Number 93-060155. Glen Jenkins Swansea Wales --- Curly <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello listers ~ > About 1880's there was a miners riot. One of the > leaders was named Benjamin Davis. Does anyone > remember the name of the riot/strike? Still looking > for the possible link with the "gentle man". > Thanks, Curly > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Search the Lackawanna pages: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/search.html > To unsubscribe: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/mailist.html#unsubscribe > > ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com