Note 549 — Chapter VII
Reading edition
The votes in favour of an Eight Hours Day were 39,656; against it, 67,390, of which 56,541 were cast on behalf of the Cotton-spinners and Weavers. In favour of an Eight Hours Law, 28,511; against it, 12,283. The votes of the different trades, and a summary of the Congress proceedings on this subject, are given in The Eight Hours Day, by Sidney Webb and Harold Cox, 1891; see also History of the British Trades Union Congress, by W. J. Davis, vol. ii. pp. 7-8.