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And yet another Riot on the Welland Canal
[Buffalo Gazette, December 30, 1843]
We have been informed by David Thorburn, Esq. who has just left here, in company with Mr. Power, for the scene of the outrage, that a serious riot occurred, yesterday, (Friday) afternoon, a few miles above Port Robinson, where a considerable number of men who had commenced work at half a dollar a day, with an understanding that their wages should be raised, on the first January, to five York shillings—an arrangement which, we believe, is to take effect throughout the whole line—were attacked by a large party of those who had struck for higher wages, and driven off. Our informant was not in possession of any other particulars, than that several shots were fired by the rioters, and that Mr Moore, a contractor, was very seriously if not dangerously wounded; but whether from firing, or otherwise, he was not informed. A portion of the colored troops at Port Robinson, had promptly repaired to the spot.
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