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12 December 1914 Stop Trucks Both the Fochriw Pits were idle on Monday and Wednesday last owing to a shortage of wagons. The collieries have worked very regularly until this week.
16 January 1915 Stop Trucks Both pits were idle on the day owing to a shortage of wagons. The pits were also idle from 11 o'clock on Saturday for the same reason.
22 December 1917 Stop Wagons Both pits were idle on Tuesday owing to a shortage of wagons.
26 January 1918 Pits Idle Both pits were idle on Monday last owing to a shortage of wagons.
24 January 1920 Pits Closed Both pictures were rendered idle at Fochriw on Monday last because of a shortage of wagons.
22 January 1921 Pits Idle Both pits were idle on Saturday and Monday last owing to a shortage of wagons.
29 January 1921 Pits Idle Owing to the discovery of a defect in the shaft of the No.2 2 winding engine, the majority of the men have been rendered idle until the new draft is put in. A large number of men are engaged, and every effort is made to get it ready as soon as possible.
16 January 1915 Stop Trucks Both pits were idle on the day owing to a shortage of wagons. The pits were also idle from 11 o'clock on Saturday for the same reason.
22 December 1917 Stop Wagons Both pits were idle on Tuesday owing to a shortage of wagons.
26 January 1918 Pits Idle Both pits were idle on Monday last owing to a shortage of wagons.
24 January 1920 Pits Closed Both pictures were rendered idle at Fochriw on Monday last because of a shortage of wagons.
22 January 1921 Pits Idle Both pits were idle on Saturday and Monday last owing to a shortage of wagons.
29 January 1921 Pits Idle Owing to the discovery of a defect in the shaft of the No.2 2 winding engine, the majority of the men have been rendered idle until the new draft is put in. A large number of men are engaged, and every effort is made to get it ready as soon as possible.
The Iron and Coal Strike of 1873
The following are newspaper reports of the above strike
“Merthyr Express” 11 January 1873
The Strike: Rhymney The all-absorbing topic here at present is the great strike. All the colliers and firemen are out for a second week. The furnaces are at half blast, and a few tradesmen remain at work. Unless something is settled soon, all will be at a standstill.
The Great Strike at the Iron Works: The Situation The great strike which now exists at all the seats of the Iron industry in South Wales may be said to have commenced last Thursday, when it was concurrently resolved at the colliers meeting at the Drill Hall of this town, and at a delegate meeting held at the same time at the Lord Ragland, to resist the notice and bearing the tools out of the pits. No work has been done by nine-tenths of the men since last Saturday week, but it was only on Thursday that the final resolution to strike was taken. The result is that the whole of the large iron works in the two counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth is closed, and the men and boys at home doing nothing, or running through the County in search of work. There never has been such a conflict in the Principality on such a tremendous scale as at present. There have been strikes and lock-outs, but chiefly limited to one or two works at a time, and generally in the same town. But the struggle now begun embraces every large establishment in South Wales, from Blaenavon on the east to Cwmavon on the west. It is gigantic in its dimensions. The total number of hands employed in the collieries and at the iron works is estimated at 70,000, but after allowing for the most liberal deductions, not less than 60,000 will be affected by the untoward movement. Of the numbers, rather more than one third
The Great Strike at the Iron Works: The Situation The great strike which now exists at all the seats of the Iron industry in South Wales may be said to have commenced last Thursday, when it was concurrently resolved at the colliers meeting at the Drill Hall of this town, and at a delegate meeting held at the same time at the Lord Ragland, to resist the notice and bearing the tools out of the pits. No work has been done by nine-