Transport Strike, 1911
These images relate to the 1911 transport strike (particularly in Liverpool). The photographs, etc., are included in the archives of Tom Mann, the National Union of Seamen, the Shipping Federation, the Workers' Union and the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants.
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An arrest in Byrom Street and police inside an armoured motor waggon
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Contingent on way to St George's Plateau, 13 August 1911
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![Cover of 'History of the London Transport Workers' Strike, 1911', by Ben Tillett [MSS.175/5/55]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175-5-55.jpg?maxWidth=160&maxHeight=160 "Cover of 'History of the London Transport Workers' Strike, 1911', by Ben Tillett [MSS.175/5/55]")
Cover of 'History of the London Transport Workers' Strike, 1911', by Ben Tillett [MSS.175/5/55]
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Military and armoured motor waggon clearing the way in Scotland Road
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Mounted and foot police, with detachment of the Warwickshire Regiment, escorting a convoy of provision waggons
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Police guarding waggons in Lime Street
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Sunday mass meeting
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The great railway strike in Stockport
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![British transport strike, 1911: Liverpool [MSS.334/12/38]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.334-12-38.jpg?maxWidth=160&maxHeight=160 "British transport strike, 1911: Liverpool [MSS.334/12/38]")
British transport strike, 1911: Liverpool [MSS.334/12/38]
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![Liverpool strike, 1911: Tom Mann addressing strikers [MSS.334/12/39]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.334-12-39.jpg?maxWidth=160&maxHeight=160 "Liverpool strike, 1911: Tom Mann addressing strikers [MSS.334/12/39]")
Liverpool strike, 1911: Tom Mann addressing strikers [MSS.334/12/39]
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![Photograph taken on board the Federation's depot ship Lady Jocelyn, during the Liverpool Strike of 1911, showing free labour workers waiting to be drafted into the docks, and accompanied by a police escort [MSS.367/TSF/12/4/1]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.367.tsf.12.4.1.jpg?maxWidth=160&maxHeight=160 "Photograph taken on board the Federation's depot ship Lady Jocelyn, during the Liverpool Strike of 1911, showing free labour workers waiting to be drafted into the docks, and accompanied by a police escort [MSS.367/TSF/12/4/1]")
Photograph taken on board the Federation's depot ship Lady Jocelyn, during the Liverpool Strike of 1911, showing free labour workers waiting to be drafted into the docks, and accompanied by a police escort [MSS.367/TSF/12/4/1]
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"Police escorting railway goods carts driven by blacklegs", 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/1]
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![Liverpool strike, 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/2]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175-12-1-2.jpg?maxWidth=160&maxHeight=160 "Liverpool strike, 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/2]")
Liverpool strike, 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/2]
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Liverpool strike, 1911: Birmingham police arrive
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![Strike Committee at South Shields, June 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/4ii]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175-12-1-4ii.jpg?maxWidth=160&maxHeight=160 "Strike Committee at South Shields, June 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/4ii]")
Strike Committee at South Shields, June 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/4ii]
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!['Captain' Edward Tupper addressing the crowd at Bute Docks, Cardiff, 1911 [MSS.175A/182]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175a-182.jpg?maxWidth=160&maxHeight=160 "'Captain' Edward Tupper addressing the crowd at Bute Docks, Cardiff, 1911 [MSS.175A/182]")
'Captain' Edward Tupper addressing the crowd at Bute Docks, Cardiff, 1911 [MSS.175A/182]
![Cover of 'History of the London Transport Workers' Strike, 1911', by Ben Tillett [MSS.175/5/55]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175-5-55.jpg "Cover of 'History of the London Transport Workers' Strike, 1911', by Ben Tillett [MSS.175/5/55]")
![British transport strike, 1911: Liverpool [MSS.334/12/38]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.334-12-38.jpg "British transport strike, 1911: Liverpool [MSS.334/12/38]")
![Liverpool strike, 1911: Tom Mann addressing strikers [MSS.334/12/39]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.334-12-39.jpg "Liverpool strike, 1911: Tom Mann addressing strikers [MSS.334/12/39]")
![Photograph taken on board the Federation's depot ship Lady Jocelyn, during the Liverpool Strike of 1911, showing free labour workers waiting to be drafted into the docks, and accompanied by a police escort [MSS.367/TSF/12/4/1]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.367.tsf.12.4.1.jpg "Photograph taken on board the Federation's depot ship Lady Jocelyn, during the Liverpool Strike of 1911, showing free labour workers waiting to be drafted into the docks, and accompanied by a police escort [MSS.367/TSF/12/4/1]")
![Liverpool strike, 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/2]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175-12-1-2.jpg "Liverpool strike, 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/2]")
![Strike Committee at South Shields, June 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/4ii]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175-12-1-4ii.jpg "Strike Committee at South Shields, June 1911 [MSS.175/12/1/4ii]")
!['Captain' Edward Tupper addressing the crowd at Bute Docks, Cardiff, 1911 [MSS.175A/182]](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/1911strike/mss.175a-182.jpg "'Captain' Edward Tupper addressing the crowd at Bute Docks, Cardiff, 1911 [MSS.175A/182]")