Llanelli railway strike
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Llanelli railway strike
In August 1911, the railway strike in Llanelli was brutally suppressed by the police,[1] and 2 men - John 'Jac' John and Leonard Worsell - were shot dead by troops of the Worcester Regiment.[2] Rioting followed and magistrates' homes were attacked and railway trucks were set on fire, resulting in an explosion which killed a further four people.
The incident was highly politically sensitive, as the Great Western Railway through Carmarthenshire was the main route between England and the troubles in Ireland.[2]
The Llanelli industrial action was part of the first national railway strike.[3]
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Riot
Llanelli railway station was the scene for the riots. The Llanelli Riots took place on 19 August 1911. Their immediate cause was the very first Railway Strike which lasted only two days.[4] The strike started on Thursday evening, and by Saturday evening two innocent young men where shot dead by the Army when a scab train was held up.[5] One man was killed when a railway truck exploded and, on the following day, three more innocent people died from their injuries. The story of the Riots is set in a period of great industrial unrest, and involves prominent figures on the international scene such as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, King George V, and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.
References
- ^ Tanner, Duncan (2003). Political Change and the Labour Party 1900-1918. Cambridge University Press. pp. 243. ISBN 978-0-521-53053-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=2XWGuS25msYC&pg=PA243&dq=Llanelli+railway+strike&hl=en&ei=DH5KTtLTKsP3sgbp_NiWBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Llanelli%20railway%20strike&f=false.
- ^ a b Prior, Neil (16 August 2011). "Llanelli's 'forgotten' riot - 100 years ago". BBC News Wales. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14529442. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Llafur (1994). Llafur: journal of Welsh labour history. 6. Llafur (Society).
- ^ Llanelli Star
- ^ Head, Michael; Mann, Scott (2009). Domestic deployment of the armed forces: military powers, law and human rights. International and comparative criminal justice. Ashgate Publishing Ltd.. pp. 203. ISBN 978-0-7546-7346-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=OcaQ341m4PEC&pg=PA24&dq=Llanelli+railway+strike&hl=en&ei=abpKTsKODpD0sgaO0PWVBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Further reading
- Edwards, John (2010). Remembrance of a Riot: The Story of the Llanelli Railway Strike Riots of 1911. BPR Publishers. pp. 242. ISBN 978-0-9550476-2-6.
- Green, Penny (1990). The enemy without: policing and class consciousness in the miner's strike. New directions in criminology series. Open University Press. pp. 235. ISBN 978-0-335-09274-1.
See also
- 1911 in Wales
- Timeline of Llanelli history
- Tonypandy Riots, 1910-11
- Partition of Ireland
- Police brutality
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