Society, Politics & Law
The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries
...Writing to the press he stated he had ‘never come across a more intelligent set of young women anywhere’. (as reported in the Dumfries Standard & Advertiser on 10th April 1912, page 6: ‘Ryedale Factory Strike: Concert in Aid of Strike Funds. The letter was in the same paper on 8th April 1912, page 4: ‘Glovemakers’ Strike’). Moving to Arbitration On 13th April...