Scottish railway strike medal

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.