Description | This includes cuttings from various publications such as: The Aberystwyth Observer, the Newcastle Leader,the Birmingham Post, the Manchester Guardian, the Carnarvon Herald and the North Wales Chronicle. The topics discussed include: the Penrhyn quarries dispute, the welsh slate trade crisis, the lock-out at Penrhyn quarry, the statement of Lord Penrhyn respecting his reasons for the suspension of 71 men, the subscriptions of the workmen of Bethesda for £1500 towards the Bangor University college, mass meetings, the quarrymen ionion, the Penrhyn relief fund, comparison of prices and wages and Lord Penrhyn and the board of trade. |