Strike Collection (page 38)

The Melbourne Riots
A plain clothes policeman, in centre, using his revolver to keep strikers apart from a free labourer during the Melbourne Waterside Workers strike of 1928

Miners Strike / N France
Miners strike in northern France

Cosmic Mutation
Minute fluctuations in the cosmic rays which strike our planet and cause evolution (!) could lead to mutations which would not be advantageous to life as we know it

Hockey Player
A hockey player about to strike the ball with his hockey-stick

Dockers Strike
Dockers declare la greve a l outrance - an all-out strike to the finish

Le Creusot Strike 2
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - accident at the coal-heap

Le Creusot Strike 7
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - the army are called in to suppress the strike : they occupy the factory

Factory Strike
Inspired by the strike at Le Creusot ironworks, workers at the Cail factory go on strike

Le Creusot Strike 5
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - the army are called in to suppress the strike : the arrival of the lancers

Le Creusot Strike 6
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - the army are called in to suppress the strike : they occupy the factory

Le Creusot Strike 4
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - dispute between the strikers and workers who refuse to join the strike

Le Creusot Strike 3
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - fracas between the strikers and workers who refuse to join the strike

Running the blockade
Illustration by S. Begg showing a wagon of supplies being conveyed over Tower Bridge under police escort during the London Dock Strike of 1911

Meat vans leaving the docks during strike
Laden meat vans, under police escort, leaving the Royal Albert Dock for Smithfield during the London Dock Strike of 1912

Mameluke Warrior
Mameluke warrior on horseback, preparing to strike with a spear

The great railway strike, Stratford
Deserted railway track at Stratford. The station was at a standstill during the great railway strike. The strike took place in the last two weeks of September 1919

Russia / 1937 / Baku Strike
Baku workers go on strike in protest at poor working conditions, but their demonstration is quickly dealt with by troops

Strike / Peckham Military
Strike action; military are stationed on Peckham Rye

Strike Transport / Punch
The pressures of finding transport during the General Strike

Strikers at Moscow
After the dissolution of the Duma, there is widespread discontent : workers in Moscow go on strike, demonstrators gather outside the house of the chief of police

Red Guards Seize Tank
Putilov Red Guard commandeer a tank from the Junkers (Young Cadets), name if after Lieutenant Schmidt a hero of the 1905 rising, and strike dramatic poses for the camera

Gen Strike Settlement
The Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, on the steps of No.10, after the termination of the General Strike

Strike / Elephant & Castle
A fracas at the Elephant & Castle during the General Strike

Rag Trade Strike 1910
When the garment workers of New York go on strike for better pay and working conditions, they are supported by Annie Morgan, millionaires daughter

Game / Egg in the Cap 19C
The players caps are placed on the ground; an egg is thrown into a cap, the owner of which must try to strike one of his fellow-players as they run away

Strike / Durham Colliery
Colliers discuss the situation during a strike at Durham

Gen. Strike / March 1919
General strike in Berlin, showing Freikorps (probably Lutzow) in Alexanderplatz. Freikorps were used at this time to help suppress Communist uprisings

Liverpool Picket Line
Strikers at Liverpool picket to prevent strike-breakers

Workers Strike 1920
A commuter train leaves Berlin during the transport workers strike. It was the striking in the city which thwarted the Kapp Putsch

Red Army Offensive
Workers form a Red Army and go on the offensive against the right wing soldiers who had taken part in the Kapp Putsch. Their general strike had helped defeat Kapp

Metal Workers Strike
Soldiers break up a meeting of striking metal workers in Berlin

Strike Leaders Arrested
Arrest of strike leaders at Saint Petersburg

Agricultural Strike
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS STRIKE Night meeting of farm labourers at Wellesbourne, Warwickshire

Striking masons meeting in a London pub
A committee meeting of striking masons held in a London pub

Polo Match Scene
A player about to strike the ball

Cumberland wrestlers at Ambleside Sports Lake District UK
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Miners Vote to Strike
Miners queue to vote yes to strike action

Strike / Volunteer Guard
A volunteer acts as a guard on a train during the General Strike

Strike / Volunteer Driver
The grandson of the 2nd Earl of Lichfield as a volunteer train driver during the General Strike

Strike / Bus Protection
A bus gets police protection during the General Strike

Tonypandy Coal Strike
TONYPANDY COAL STRIKE A group of London police brought in to control the riots in Tonypandy, Rhondda

Cj Fox / Mrs Armistead
CHARLES JAMES FOX British statesman with his mistress, Mrs Armistead: " Strike home! and I will bless thee for the Blow!"

FRANCIS PLACE 1771-1854
FRANCIS PLACE English self-made businessman and reformer; activist for the right to strike. Author of pamphlets and articles on social and economic questions

Strike in Valencia / 1931
A crowd of people try to overturn a tram during a general strike and rioting in Valencia

Barrack Life 1896
Smartly-dressed soldiers strike a rather formal pose as they sit at a long table in their barracks

Germany / Water Strike
Water Strike - one of a wave od strikes

Germany / General Strike
General strike

Rail Strike / Germany / 1922
Rail Strike

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