Answer:
The
cause of the 'Silesian Weavers' uprising was due to the cheating of the weavers
by the contractors. In 1845, the weavers raised a revolt against the
contractors as the contractors drastically reduced their payments.
The viewpoint of the journalist Wilhelm Wolf for this uprising was - a
large crowd of weavers reached the house of the contractor and demanded higher
wages.
They were not treated well, so a group of the crowd entered
the contractors house forcibly and destroyed the furniture, window panes and plundered
it. The contractor fled with his family to a neighbouring village but did not
get shelter. After 24 hours, he returned back with army and eleven weavers were
shot dead. This shows that the viewpoint of the journalist was based against
the weavers and in favour of the contractor. He did not understand the misery
of the weavers properly.
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