History of England. 19th century. Workers' movement. Workers' strikes in the district of Lancashire. The high cost of basic necessities, the lack of work, business problems and some laws that affected the poorest classes, were the causes that provoked strikes of miners and workers during the month of May 1878. Attack and burning of the residence of Colonel Rayusford Jackson, in Wilpshire. The fire was caused by cotton workers during the cotton riots. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.