Tonypandy riots
Riot in 1910/11 in the Rhondda, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Miners Strike of 1910-11 was an attempt by miners and their families to improve wages and living conditions in severely deprived parts of South Wales, where wages had been kept deliberately low for many years by a cartel of mine owners.
Miners Strike of 1910-11 | |||
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Part of the Great Unrest | |||
Date | September 1910 - August 1911 | ||
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Caused by | Lock-out in Penygraig | ||
Goals | Higher wages, better living conditions | ||
Methods | Strike action Rioting | ||
Resulted in | Negotiated end to the strike | ||
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Lead figures | |||
F. L. Davis | |||
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Casualties | |||
Death(s) | 1 miner | ||
Injuries | 80 police and over 500 citizens | ||
Arrested | 13 miners | ||
Damage | Private property in Tonypandy |
What became known as the Tonypandy riots[1] of 1910 and 1911 (sometimes collectively known as the Rhondda riots) were a series of violent confrontations between the striking coal miners and police that took place at various locations in and around the Rhondda mines of the Cambrian Combine, a cartel of mining companies formed to regulate prices and wages in South Wales.
The disturbances and the confrontations were the culmination of the industrial dispute between workers and the mine owners. The term "Tonypandy riot" initially applied to specific events on the evening of Tuesday, 8 November 1910, when strikers smashed windows of businesses in Tonypandy. There was hand-to-hand fighting between the strikers and the Glamorgan Constabulary, which was reinforced by the Bristol Constabulary.[2]
Home Secretary Winston Churchill's decision to allow the British Army to be sent to the area to reinforce the police shortly after 8 November riot caused much ill feeling towards him in South Wales.[3] His responsibility remains a strongly disputed topic.[4]