/taxonomy/term/651/0 en /politics/black-tuesday/the-1912-waihi-strike <h2>The killing of Fred Evans</h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"><a href="/?q=node/1429"></a></p> <p class="caption"><a href="/?q=node/1429">Supporters of the strikers</a></p> </div> <p>On 'Black Tuesday', 12 November 1912, in the midst of a bitter six-month strike by miners in the small New Zealand goldmining town of Waihi, striker <a href="/people/fred-evans" title="Read more about Fred Evans">Fred Evans</a> was killed - one of only two fatalities* in an industrial dispute in New Zealand's history.</p> demonstrations fred evans labour police protest red feds The 1912 Waihi strike waihi workers rights Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 702 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /people/fred-evans Fred Evans' violent death during the 1912 Waihi miners' strike made this otherwise obscure figure into a martyr of the New Zealand labour movement. He remains one of only two people to be killed during an industrial dispute in this country's history. fred evans protest red feds waihi Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 12947 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz