[Note 574.1] Strike Ditties II continues the spider and fly metaphor established in bar575~Strike Ditties I

[Note 574.2] During the strike the company began a legal action against the union, claiming picketing was in violation of the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act of 1875

[Note 574.3] All trains, including the coal trains vital to the income of the Taff Vale, were stopped

[Note 574.4] The strike ended on 31st August. The day this poem was published.