The Order of the Day; or, Unions and Fenians fraud Saturday 7th May

Saturday 7th May

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The Order of the Day; or, Unions and Fenians fraud Saturday 7th May'The Order of the Day; or, Unions and Fenians', 1867. This cartoon shows Murder rallying all her forces of evil. She tramples on the laws of the land whilst the men of Sheffield gather their steel and arms on the left, and the Fenians prepare their guns on the right. The trade union movement was still very young. Unions were still relatively small and their reputation was not altogether unblemished. The 1860s had seen a number of outrages and, in