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Penrhyn Quarry Strike,1900-1903
- was one of the largest
disputes ever seen in the
industrial history of
Britain.
- They walked out marking the beginning of the Great
Strike of Penrhyn. A month later Young offered new
terms to the quarrymen, but they were accepted by just
77 workers.
- Four hundred men returned to work, receiving a
sovereign each and the promise of a 5% pay
increase. This caused anxiety in the area and the
bitterness turned to violence when pub windows
and those of the men that had returned to work,
were smashed. The names of those who had
broken the strike were published in the Y Werin
and Eco newspapers.
- Around the same time, a card appeared in windows in
the Bethesda area, with the words “Nid oes Bradwr yn y
ty hwn” (there is no traitor in this house) printed on it.
The cards were displayed in the windows of strikers’
homes, dividing the local community into two:
- By 1902, 700 men had returned to the quarry and another 2,000 had moved from the
area. Most went to work in the coalfields of South Wales.
- By 1902, 700 men had returned to the quarry and another 2,000 had moved from the
area. Most went to work in the coalfields of South Wales.
- Around the same time, a card appeared in windows in
the Bethesda area, with the words “Nid oes Bradwr yn y
ty hwn” (there is no traitor in this house) printed on it.
The cards were displayed in the windows of strikers’
homes, dividing the local community into two:
- Four hundred men returned to work, receiving a
sovereign each and the promise of a 5% pay
increase. This caused anxiety in the area and the
bitterness turned to violence when pub windows
and those of the men that had returned to work,
were smashed. The names of those who had
broken the strike were published in the Y Werin
and Eco newspapers.
- They walked out marking the beginning of the Great
Strike of Penrhyn. A month later Young offered new
terms to the quarrymen, but they were accepted by just
77 workers.
- The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry
located near Bethesda. At the end of the
nineteenth century it was the world's largest
slate quarry and worked by nearly 3,000
quarrymen.
- Emilieus young was lord Penrhyns manager.
- Lord Penrhyn had been trying everything he could
to eliminate the North Wales Quarrymen's Union's
influence within the quarry. In April 1900 quarry
manager Mr Emilieus Young announced trade union
contributions would not be collected at the quarry.
- Lord Penrhyn’s equally lucrative Welsh slate and
Caribbean sugar investments led him to nickname his
daughters Emma and Juliana, “Sugar” and “Slate”.
- this is Lord Penrhyn
- this is Emilies young
- Lord Penrhyn’s equally lucrative Welsh slate and
Caribbean sugar investments led him to nickname his
daughters Emma and Juliana, “Sugar” and “Slate”.
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