Featherstone Massacre Memorial Arch
Dedicated in 1993 by Arthur Scargill at a moving ceremony in the market precinct.
The plate on the base reads:-
The Featherstone Massacre 1893. This memorial records the centenary of an incident on September 7 1893 when, following a disturbance in Featherstone, the Riot Act was read and in the ensuing military action troops opened fire on the demonstrators, killing James Gibbs and James Arthur Duggan and wounding several others. This was just another chapter in the struggle by miners for better pay and working conditions.
