'Black Tuesday' and the Waihi Strike — November 12, 1912.
Below is the text of a poster created by the Garage Collective to mark the anniversary of 'Black Tuesday'.
"AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND On Black Tuesday — November 12th, 1912 — the New Zealand Police and their ‘organised thugs’ stormed the Miners Workers Union Hall, stronghold of Waihi unionists on strike against the existence of a rival union, believed by many to have been assisted by the Waihi Gold Mining Company.
Frederick George Evans was beaten to the ground by a policeman and left to die in the local police cell — resulting in New Zealand’s first official death during an industrial dispute and effectively ending the Waihi Strike. Loyal unionists, women and children were then rounded up and driven out of Waihi by ‘scabs’ while police looked on and did nothing."
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Re: 'Black Tuesday' and the Waihi Strike — November 12, 1912.
...no, that's not correct. He was shot carrying a gun...
Re: Re: 'Black Tuesday' and the Waihi Strike — November 12, 1912
...no he wasn't, he shot and wounded a cop, the cop chased him and whacked him. he died later in hospital, not in a cell.
Re: Re: Re: 'Black Tuesday' and the Waihi Strike — November 12,
The exact details of who shot who, etc etc are disputed by many sources, and I don't know if that even matters now. But the fact is that Evans was taken to a police cell where he lay unattended as the surgeon worked on the shot constable, Constable Wade. He died because of this, hence he was 'left to die in the local police cell'. He may have died elsewhere, but these actions greatly hindered any recovery.
Jared D