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Description (anglais) : Daily ritual of mass meetings. People marching in from neighbouring town. Riot Act read and charges of the troops and men shot at. Strike. People arrested, in the evening mob returned and released the prisoners and set fire to the gaol (2 bags of shuttles had been deposited at the House of Correction). Pamphlets being printed to reassure weavers that no agreement had been reached (combatting misinformation). Soldiers pouring into Manchester from all around. Attacks on scabs - taking away shuttles, cutting their pieces, stop all workers carrying finished pieces and send them home. Distributing food amongst the crowd. Lots of Irish amongst those arrested. Burned in effigy many of the town's manufacturers. Women more turbulent and mischievous than the men. Threatening to pull down the houses of scabs. Destroying pieces with vitriol dropped on works through cracks in windows. In general strike carried out with little violence. Many 1000s involved.