Published in The Northern Star (Leeds), No. 344, June 15, 1844, p. 7, in the section “Foreign Intelligence”, under the heading “FRANCE. (From our own Correspondent.)”; unsigned; attributed to Friedrich Engels by MEGA² I/3. The report from the Weekly Dispatch on the Republican demonstration at Laffitte’s funeral that follows is not part of it. Text from the original newspaper (NCSE, Northern Star facsimile). Traducción al español.
There has been a serious turn-out of Colliers at Rive de Jier, near Lyons, for wages and other grievances. This affair offered upon the whole the same features as the English strikes: processions, with banners, meetings, molesting of knobsticks, &c. The strike lasted about six weeks; several of the men were imprisoned for conspiracy, though no serious disturbance appears to have been occurred. At last the men are reported to have returned to their pits, though it is not stated whether the object of the strike was accomplished.