Railway Strike Medal
Museum
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Date
1891
Object Number
COTSL-1997-143
Title

Scottish railway strike medal

Object Category
Industrial History
Object Name
Medal
Description

Medal commemorating one of the most famous strikes in Scottish history.  Employees of the Caledonian Railway Company came out in strike, demanding a ten hour working day. Support for the strike was strongest in North Lanarkshire but it was also the scenes of the worst violence; the authorities attempted to evict workers from the Caledonian Railway houses in Motherwell in the presence of a crowd of 20,000. A riot broke out a sheriff officers were forced to withdraw.

Method
Gift
Location
On display at Summerlee Museum