The Miners of Northumberland and Durham. A History of Their Social and Political ProgressJ. Robinson, 1873 - 302 páginas |
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... Pitmen CHAPTER XXII . Treatment of the Leaders of the Late Strike . Recommencement of the Union Agitation . Fresh Meetings held all over the Two Counties . The Meeting at Wreckington . Men discharged for Attending the Meetings . Dispute ...
... Pitmen CHAPTER XXII . Treatment of the Leaders of the Late Strike . Recommencement of the Union Agitation . Fresh Meetings held all over the Two Counties . The Meeting at Wreckington . Men discharged for Attending the Meetings . Dispute ...
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... pitmen's strike in 1831-2 , and to £ 3 during the strike of 1844. The ordi- nary price of coals after that time in London was 25s . per ton in summer time , and 30s . in the winter ; the price in Newcastle being from 10s . to 15s . per ...
... pitmen's strike in 1831-2 , and to £ 3 during the strike of 1844. The ordi- nary price of coals after that time in London was 25s . per ton in summer time , and 30s . in the winter ; the price in Newcastle being from 10s . to 15s . per ...
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... pitmen of Northumberland and Durham were by no means remarkable for their savagery , and if many of them exhibited a love for cock - fighting and other kindred sports then in vogue , they were not singular in their tastes , but had both ...
... pitmen of Northumberland and Durham were by no means remarkable for their savagery , and if many of them exhibited a love for cock - fighting and other kindred sports then in vogue , they were not singular in their tastes , but had both ...
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... pitmen was secured by the substitution of the furnace shaft for the old - fashioned system of " putting the air in motion " by burning a grate of coals or " lamp at the bottom of the upcast shaft . In the year 1649 , we are told that ...
... pitmen was secured by the substitution of the furnace shaft for the old - fashioned system of " putting the air in motion " by burning a grate of coals or " lamp at the bottom of the upcast shaft . In the year 1649 , we are told that ...
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... pitmen employed in the sea - sale collieries at Blyth , Hartley , Newcastle , and Sunderland , amounted to 9,700 ... pitman in the year 1800 was an exception ; and , though of course out of several thousands of men there were ex ...
... pitmen employed in the sea - sale collieries at Blyth , Hartley , Newcastle , and Sunderland , amounted to 9,700 ... pitman in the year 1800 was an exception ; and , though of course out of several thousands of men there were ex ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
accidents agent agreed amongst the miners appointed Association attended Backworth Bebside bill Bishop Auckland Blyth body boys Burradon Burt cause chairman chaldron CHAPTER Choppington coal owners coal trade commenced committee coroner counties of Northumberland County of Durham Cowpen dangerous Davy lamp death delegate meeting deputation district Duncombe Durham Miners employed employers explosion favour Gateshead grievances Hartley Haswell Hebburn Hetton hewers inquest inspector Jarrow John Joseph Cowen labour large number lives magistrates Martin Jude masters meeting was held ment Messrs miners of Northumberland mines and collieries Newcastle Northumberland and Durham o'clock occurred opinion paid Parliament parties passed persons petitioners pitmen present refused resolution Roberts Seaton Delaval secretary Seghill sent shaft Sheldon Sheriff Hill society South Shields Spennymoor strike taken Thomas Thomas Burt Thornley tion Town Moor tubs turned Tyne ventilation viewer village wages Wallsend week whilst William workmen yearly bond
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Página 279 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página 158 - ... good and lawful men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly sworn, and charged to inquire for our said Lady the Queen, when, where, how, and by what means the said came to his death, do upon their oath, say that (here follows the verdict or finding of the jury.).
Página 282 - God, who counts by souls, not stations, Loves and prospers you and me ; For to him all vain distinctions, Are as pebbles in the sea. Toiling hands alone are builders Of a nation's wealth and fame ; Titled laziness is pensioned, Fed, and fattened on the same ; By the sweat of other's foreheads, "Living only to rejoice, While the poor man's outraged freedom Vainly lifteth up its voice".
Página 96 - This world is the best that we live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in ; But to beg, or to borrow, or get a man's own, 'Tis the very worst world, sir, that ever was known.
Página 4 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Página 143 - Whereas," says the preamble of the older act— that of 1775— "by the statute law of Scotland, as explained by the judges of the courts of law there, many colliers, and coal-bearers, and salters, are in a state of slavery or bondage, bound to the collieries or salt-works where they work for life, transferable with the collieries and salt-works ; and whereas the emancipating,
Página 158 - Third, by the grace of God of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland king, defender of the faith, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
Página 158 - And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say, that the said John W. Webster, him, the said George Parkman, in manner and form aforesaid, then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did kill and murder...
Página 8 - I have heard some say that they would sometimes lie in the midst of a shaft, and the bottom be clear. The flame of a candle will not kindle them so soon as the snuff; but they have been kindled by the striking fire with, a tool. The blast is mighty violent; but men have been saved by lying flat on their bellies.
Página 294 - ... that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to alter, prejudice, lessen, or otherwise affect the legal remedies and powers which by law belong to masters and servants in their respective relations to each other, or to magistrates having jurisdiction in case of dispute or difference...