Issue of the British trade weekly The Textile Mercury for 30 April 1892, mostly covering the Lancashire cotton dispute (lock-outs, short time, employers' and operatives' associations), with trade news from Britain, Ireland, Belgium and France. It also has a technical installment on the analysis of woven pattern, including diagrams on yarn geometry, thread spacing and design grids, plus sections on machinery (looms, warping and sizing machines, electric lighting), dyeing and printing, textile markets, and patents. Other items include book reviews, readers' letters on a card-grinding patent dispute, and local mill news.