INDEX

A

Accountants, 128, 164, 314

Aftermath of 1892 strike, 245

Agents' districts, 23-24

Alteration of the "First Caller,"59, 337

Amicability in disputes, 340

Arbitration, Deputies', 170

— earliest, 33

— first general, 85, 103

— second, 109

— third, 113

— fourth, 118

— owners refuse, 152

— working hours, 169

Armstrong, W., 103, 109

Attempts to form Union, 6

Average, county, 162

— theoretical and real, 147

Award, 1879, pro tem., 157

— J. R. Lyn's, 220

Awards, Lord Davey's, 1895, 267-269

Award, Lord Davey's, 1902, 319

B

Bank Holiday, 318

Banking account, 18

Benefits, reduction of, 199

Blagdon, Rev. M., 26

Bond, yearly, 17, 47, 49

Boys' wages, 309, 324

Broken price agreement, 325

Brown, W., 8, 35

Building, the, 16

Bunning, T. W., 47

Burt, T., 8, 20, 103, 182

C

Cairns, A., 23, 26, 32

"Caller, First," 59, 337

Candymen, 96

Cann, T. H., appointed treasurer, 276

Care for life, 341

Changes, 337

Checkweighmen, 73, 338

Clerk, first appointed, 105

Coal-drawing agreement, 323

Coal Owners' Association formed, 46

Coal Tax, 310

Commission, Royal, 86

Committee, 1879, 160

Compensation Act 1897, 291

Conciliation Board, 263

— first members of, 266

— renewed, 294, 331

Co-operative colliery, 90, 110

— Committee, 110

County Council, 209

Crake, W., 7, 13

Crawford, W., 6, 9, 23, 26, 31, 33, 37, 103, 109

— attack on, 80

— censure on, 84

— candidature of, 88

— death of, 215

D

Dale, D., Sir, 103, 109, 157

Dark Days, 197

Deputies' basis wage fixed, 301

— difference as to, 120

— hours, 1870, 121

— wage, 1870, 121

— wage, 173

Derby, Lord, 160

Desire for better houses, 343

E

Educational benefit of Union, 340

Emigration, 131, 165

Employers' Liability Act, 172

Entrance fee, first, 18, 121

Equality, 339

Evictions, Wheatley Hill, 96

Ex-Committee condemned, 145

— expelled, 114

— rules, 114

F

Federation Board formed, 140

— condemned, 145

— first members of the, 141

Federation, Miners',

— Durham miners and the, 251, 256

— expulsion from the, 259

— refuses Durham, 277

Fillers' agreement, 333

Firemen's week-end shifts, 316

Five days per week, 183

Forman, J., 36, 38, 103, 105, 119

— death of, 302

Forsters', W. E., award, 109

Fowler, J., 61

Franchise Association, 88

— extension of, 191

G

Gala, first, 31-34

— first on the race-course, 59

Galbraith, S., appointed, 305

Golightly, W., 105

Gordon, W., 114, 118

Graham, Coroner, 298

Gurney's, Russell, award, 103

Guthrie, R., 207

H

Hall, the new, 82, 118

Hand putters' basis wage, 324

Heath, Mr, 337

Hewers' datal wage, 306

Homes, Aged Miners', 297

Hopwood's, C. H., award, 113

Hours arbitration, 132

Hours', arrangement, ten, 214, 217

— eight, 199

— ballot on, 248

— second ballot on, 321

— of boys, 32, 48, 74, 77, 83

Houses and house rent, 307

Housing condition, 104, 110

House, W., appointed to Joint Committee, 292

— appointed President, 305

I

Imprisonment of Messrs Cann, Jones, and Forbes, 244

Increased knowledge of the miners, 343

Industrial Remuneration Conference, 190

Isaacs, Mr, 336

J

Johnson, J., appointed treasurer, 217

— fin. secretary, 276

Johnson, Mr, and Gateshead, 328

Joint Committee, formation of, 66

— first meeting, 69

— suspended, 164, 329

Jones, L., 83, 103, 109, 119, 196

Judge, a, puzzled, 30

L

Labourers' basis wage, 306

Labour representation, 194, 326

Leaders, the first, 37

Lords, House of, 192

M

Macdonald, A., 17

— death of, 180

Meynell, Mr E., 112, 335

— award, 134

Miners' demand for trained miners, 90

— International Congress, formed, 223

— National Conference, 25, 124

— Act 1861, 1

— Act 1871, 71

— Act 1872, 71, 72

N

Negotiations of 1890, 211

Notices given to enforce a reduction, 101

— again given by owners, 107

O

O'Connor, Judge, 197, 335

Officers, first, 14

Opposition, 41, 42, 43, 44

P

Patterson, W. H., 8, 13, 26, 39, 113

— appointed corres. secretary, 216

— death of, 273

Patterson's, Mr, statue, 319

Political power, 342

Position of the Association, 136

President, first, 19

President, permanent, 105

Putters' hours at datal work, 316

— short shift, stone, 324

R

Ramsey, T., 8, 25, 80

Reduction, first, 89, 91

— second, 98

— third, 105

— fourth, 111

— fifth, 115

— of bankmen, 104

— of 1879, 141

Reductions, private, 148

Relief Fund, first, 129

— second, 187

Rent paying in 1892, 247

Resolutions, first gala, 61

Restriction of output, 167

Rhymer, E., 6, 84

Richardson, J., 7, 11

Rocking Strike, 2

S

Salary of first treasurer, 25

Sanderson, R. B., 68, 112

Screenmen's basis wage, 306

Seaham strike, 55

Shaw Lefevre's award, 119

Simpson, C., 114

Sliding Scale, first, 124

— second, 163

— third, 174

— fourth, 185

— abolished, 202

— violation of, 167

Smart money, 309

Stobart, W., 46

Strike at Silksworth, 223

— at Wheatley Hill, 95

— of 1874, 93

— of 1879, 154

— of 1892, 231

Strikes illegal, 24

Surface firemen's wages, 325

T

Taylor, Hugh, 47, 63

— J. W., 328

Thornley meeting, 13

Timber leaders' hours, 317

Trotter, L., 197

Trustees, first, 14

W

Wage Board, first mention of, 235, 251, 254

Wages, advance in, 48, 50, 63, 71, 76

Wages in 1898-99, 288, 293

Washington strike, 281

Water leaders' hours, 317

Wearmouth strike, 3

Westcott, Bishop, 241, 262, 299

— death of, 313

Wheatley Hill inundation, 28

— "Putt Pay,"188

Wilkinson, N., 8, 14, 38, 113, 119, 182

Wilson, J., 114, 118, 182, 192

— appointed fin. secretary, 217

— appointed corres. secretary, 276

Wood, Lindsay, Mr, 68, 83, 157, 207

J. H. VEITCH AND SONS DURHAM