High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The June 1990 Mineriad was the suppression of the student-led protests (the Golaniad) in 1990 Romania by the miners of Jiu Valley called in by the newly- elected power to Bucharest. Many of the miners, armed with clubs, fought with and wounded many of the protesters and bystanders. Estimated numbers of wounded and killed vary considerably, with some sources estimating that close to a thousand were injured and up to a hundred killed, and the official government figures reported to be hundreds injured and seven killed. The Mineriad has been described as an "'instrument of pressure and intimidation' designed to coerce and punish forces which were felt to be threatening the security and welfare of Romania and its people".