In December 1886 an explosion occurred at Elemore Colliery. I went down the pit and attended the inquest. I was satisfied, in my mind, that the shot fired by the three men (Johnson, Appleby and Luke) ignited the coal dust, thereby causing the explosion.—Yours, etc.
John Forman.
December 1886.
[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
Transcriber's Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.
Hyphenation has been rationalised.