On Thursday 14 February 1929 the mine employers gave Giving their 9,750 employees 14 days ' notice , that they ( the miners ) should accept Agree_or_refuse_to_act the following new conditions : A wage reduction of 12½ per cent on the contract rates , one shilling ( $ 0.10 ) a day on the `` day wage '' rate ; all Lodges must give Giving the colliery managers the right to hire Employment and fire Process_end without regard Know to seniority ; all Lodges must agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act to discontinue Process_end pit-top meetings Social_event and pit stoppages .

He wanted to hire Employment African-Americans for certain jobs at the company .

The rioters were overwhelmingly white working-class men , mostly Irish or of Irish descent , who feared free black people competing for work and resented Judgment_communication that wealthier men , who could afford Commerce_pay to pay Commerce_pay a $ 300 ( equivalent to $ 9,200 in 2017 ) commutation fee to hire Employment a substitute , were spared from the draft .

The situation in Kalmar was tense , with many German Landsknechte mercenaries in Danish hire Employment stationed Placing in the city .