![]() The mural is on display near the site of the massacre at the People's Palace, Glasgow. The events of that day are commemorated in the first panel of Glasgow History Mural, a series of 8 paintings by Glaswegian painter Ken Currie which was commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of the massacre and to represent the struggles of Scottish workers through the past two centuries. Allegedly after the massacre, many of the weavers enlisted in the regiment (the 39th) responsible for the killings. The strike's leader James Granger was captured and sentenced to flogging. Six weavers were killed, with 6000 people attending their funerals. Previous disputes had been settled in a civilised manner, by negotiation, but on September 3rd, 1787, the city fathers sent the army in to break the strike. The strike lasted for twelve weeks, with protests centering on Glasgow Green in the east end of the city. These factors, together with the ever-present drive by their employers to reduce costs, led to a strike by Glaswegian weavers in 1787. New industrial processes threatened their traditional craft-based work practices, and the American War of Independence had reduced the supply of cotton from the plantations of the American South. However, economic circumstances were against the weavers. A weavers' village had been founded in Calton in the east end of Glasgow in 1705, and by the late eighteenth century the area had become famous for its weavers' workshops. in 1787 there were 19 cotton-mills within 25 miles from Glasgow, with cotton weaving being centred in Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire. Textiles were a major industry in Scotland at the time. ![]() The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries saw a series of violent disturbances in Britain, as workers strived to defend their pay and conditions in the face of industrialization, and people of all classes campaigned for a more democratic society. ![]()
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