Ashio Mine Riot

Japanese: 足尾鉱山暴動 - あしおこうざんぼうどう

A riot by miners broke out at the Ashio Copper Mine in February 1907 (Meiji 40). It is often referred to as the Ashio Copper Mine Riot. It began with a clash between miners and site staff at the Tsudo mine watchtower on the 4th of that month, which is strongly suspected to have been provoked by the boarding house chief. At the time in Ashio, the Ashio branch of the Dai-Nippon Rodo Shiseikai (founded in October 1906), led by Nagaoka Tsuruzo and Minami Sukematsu, was organizing a campaign for higher wages and had also joined forces with the Tomoko Alliance to work to limit exploitation among the boarding house chiefs. In order to destroy the Shiseikai, the boarding house chiefs bribed their subordinate miners to cause a riot.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1907年(明治40)2月に足尾銅山で起こった鉱夫の暴動。足尾銅山暴動ということが多い。きっかけは，同月4日の通洞坑内見張所における採鉱夫と現場係員の衝突であったが，これは飯場頭の挑発の疑いが濃い。当時，足尾では永岡鶴蔵，南助松らの大日本労働至誠会足尾支部(1906年10月結成)が賃上げ運動を組織し，また友子（ともこ）同盟と結んで飯場頭の中間搾取を制限する活動を展開していた。飯場頭らは至誠会をつぶすために部下の鉱夫を買収し騒動を起こさせた。

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