Beer, M., 131, 157, 162, 175, 414, 680
Beesly, Professor E. S., 222, 231-2, 236, 238, 246, 250, 263-4, 269,
275, 288, 293, 298, 312, 341, 362, 415, 510.
_See_ Positivists
Belfast, 123, 136, 523
Belfast and Dublin Locomotive Engine-drivers’ and Firemen’s Trade
Union, 523
Bell, Sir Hugh, xiv
Bell Inn, Old Bailey, 205, 243, 245
Bell, Richard, 526-7, 601, 684
Bell, Robert, 58
Benbow, William, 163-4
Bennett, T. R., 246
Bentham, Jeremy, 96, 178
Bernstein, Eduard, 652
Besant, Mrs. Annie, 396, 399, 402
Bevan, G. Phillips, 347
Bibliography, 751
Birmingham, building trades of, 129;
“Builders’ Parliament” at, 130;
tailors of, 32;
Trade Unionism in, 358-9;
Trades Council of, 280, 329-30, 399;
trades procession at, 177
Birtwistle, Thomas, 309
Bit and Spur Makers, 92
Blackburn, 307, 697;
riots at, 344
Blackburn List, the, 226
“Black-coated proletariat,” 503-9
Blacklisting, 284, 598
Blacksmiths, Associated Society of. Scotland.
_See_ Smiths
Blastfurnacemen.
_See_ Ironworkers
Bleachers, 478, 480
Block Printers, Glasgow, 552
Blok, P. J., 24
Boa, Andrew, 290
“Board of Green Cloth” at Dublin, 104
Boilermakers, 174, 205, 230, 247, 259, 261-2, 314, 321-2, 348, 353,
365, 378, 428-31, 490-91, 559, 744
Bolton, calico-printers at, 79;
cotton operatives of, 81, 92, 307;
engineers of, 207-8
Bondfield, Miss Margaret, 496
Bookbinders, 23, 77, 79, 91, 176, 188, 196-7, 201, 244-5, 437-8, 744
Boot and Shoe Operatives, 57, 68, 77, 79-80, 143, 150, 192, 228,
236, 336, 407, 436-7, 493-4, 744.
_See also_ Shoemakers
Booth, Charles, 375, 380-81
Bowerman, C. W., 362
“Box Club,” 36-7
Boy labour, 202
Brace, W., 692
Bradford, woollen strike of 1825, 111
Bradlaugh, Charles, 289, 370-71
Bradninch, woolcombers in, 34
Brainworkers, inclusion of, 697;
organisations of, 503-9
Bramwell, Lord, 279, 363
Branch meeting, description of, 446-8
Brassey, Lord, 269
Brassfounders.
_See_ Brassworkers
Brassworkers, 323, 353, 358-9, 430-31, 486-8, 744
Braziers, 80, 91
Breeches Makers’ Benefit Society, 24
Brentano, Dr. Luigi, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 25, 39, 47, 52, 209, 212,
339, 677
Brett, Lord Justice, 285
Bricklayers, 125, 169, 223, 226-32, 241, 245, 275, 282, 354, 365,
407, 428-9, 431-3, 559, 744
Bricklayers’ and Plasterers’ Company, Dublin, 721-4
Brickmakers, 241, 267-9;
Hebrew in Egypt, 2
Brief Institution, 40, 67
Bright, John, 35-6, 178, 247, 293, 382
Brighton Trades Council, 558
Bristol, 14, 33, 35, 53, 133, 243, 252, 350
British and Foreign Consolidated Association of Industry, Humanity,
and Knowledge, 167
British Association of Steel Smelters.
_See_ Steel Smelters
Broadhead, W., 268-9
Broadhurst, Henry, 240, 285, 289, 295, 311-12, 325, 353, 362-3, 365,
370, 372, 395, 401, 408, 635, 680
Brontë, Charlotte, 89
Brooklands Agreement, 476
Brooks, J. G., 655
Brougham, Lord, 156, 178
Brushmakers, 14, 45, 75, 84, 91, 438
Buchez, 225
Builders’ Labourers, 125, 483
“Builders’ Parliament” of 1833, 130;
of 1918-19, 483, 649
Building Trades, early combinations, 8-11;
lock-out in 1833, 150;
in 1860, 228-32;
in 1912, 690;
nine hours movement in, 312-17;
statistics of, 407, 428-9, 431-3, 481-3
Bull & Co., 343
Bullinger, 4
Burdett, Sir Francis, 69, 109
Burgess, Joseph, 412
Burnett, John, 19, 36, 211, 314-15 (life), 316, 325, 347, 368, 423,
530
Burns, John, 298, 375, 383, 385
(life), 387-8, 396, 400, 402-3, 407-13, 419, 490, 636, 682
Burrows, Herbert, 402
Burt, Thomas, 181, 289-90, 296, 307, 340, 342, 362, 510-11, 625, 635,
680
Burton, hatters of, 53
Bussy, J. F. Moir, 524
Buxton, Lord, 404
Buxton, Sir T. Fowell, 264
Byron, Lord, 89
Cab-fare regulations, 9
Cabinetmakers, 76-8, 83-4, 136, 243, 248, 290, 389, 432-3, 481, 744-5
Cabmen, 369
“Ca’ Canny,” 487
Cairns, Earl, 275
Calender-men, Glasgow, 110
Calhoun, J. C., 167
Calico Engravers of Manchester, 80
Calico-printers, 45, 56-7, 70, 75, 79, 90, 121, 193, 436
Callender, W. R., 272
Cambridge, tailors of, 68
Campbell, Alexander, 30, 240, 243, 249-53
Campbell, G. L., 366
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, 635
Candidatures, independent, 287-9
Canning, 60
Capitalist, elimination of, 673-6
Card and Blowing Room Operatives, Amalgamated Association of, 435,
475-80.
_See also_ Cotton Operatives and Textiles
Carlisle, cotton-weavers of, 82
Carmarthenshire, coal-miners of, 44
Carmen, 439-40
Carpenters, 18, 75, 110, 125, 169, 192, 202, 224, 228-32, 245, 254,
259, 265-7, 313, 319, 323-4, 343, 346, 354-5, 391, 415, 432-3,
481, 744;
Company of London, 18;
of Dublin, 721-4
Carpet-weavers, 112, 224, 435-6
Cartwright, 36
Census of Trade Unionists, 741-750
Central Institute, 593
Chalmers, G., 62
Chamberlain, Joseph, 370, 373
Champertors, 67
Champion, H. H., 387, 400
Chandler, F., 354
Channel Isles, etc., T.U. in, 743
Chapel, 27, 74, 489
Character Note, 29, 284
Chartism, 164, 174-8, 649, 653
Checkweigher, 302, 304-6, 466, 489
Chester, hatters of, 53
Chimney-sweeps, 136
Chinese Labour, 691
Chippers and Drillers, 548
Chipping Norton case, 332
Christian Socialists, the, 215, 225, 246, 263-4, 707.
_See also_ Hughes, Ludlow and Neale
Churchill, Winston, 494, 501
Cigarmakers, T.U. among, 438
“Citizen Guard,” 544
City of Glasgow Bank failure, 345
Civil Service, 507-8;
Arbitration Tribunal, 508-9
Clark, W. S., 601, 607, 634
Clayden, A. W., 329
Clerical Workers’ Union of Ireland, 473
Clerks, 440, 473, 504-5, 744
Clode, 3, 6
Clothiers, 33-6, 40, 67-8, 151
Clothiers’ Community, the, 40
Clothing Trades, statistics of, 428-429, 436-7
Clothworkers’ Company, 5, 33-4
Clyde, depression on, 346;
engineers on, 690;
ferment on, 656, 659;
shipyard workers of, 256;
shorter day on, 316;
strike on, in 1877, 343;
“Weekly Pays” on the, 552
Clyde Workers’ Committee, 488, 640, 659
Clynes, J. R., 497, 692
Coachmakers, 46, 80, 230, 423, 438, 744
Coal Industry Commission, 511, 518-22, 648, 662-3
Coal-miners.
_See_ Miners
Coal-porters, 18, 439, 500-501
Cobbett, Wm., 94, 96, 132, 154-5;
the younger, 253
Cobden, Richard, 178, 383
Cohen, H., 599, 601
Cokemen, 434, 512, 549
Cole, G. D. H., 485, 524, 532, 553, 633, 637, 660
Cole, Percy, 491
Colliery Clerks, 513, 549;
Enginemen, 434, 512, 549;
Mechanics, 434
Combe, Delafield & Co., 150
Combination Acts, 64, 251
“Committee Liquor,” 203
Common employment, 364-6
Common Rules, 758
Composite Branches, 483
Compositors, 27, 57-8, 77-8, 169, 176, 181, 196, 198-9, 201, 205,
361, 389, 398-9, 415, 437-8, 492-3, 606, 666, 671, 744,
_See also_ Typographical
Conditions of Employment, 754
Confédération Générale de Travail, 655
Conference of Amalgamated Trades, 263-83
Confiscation of funds proposed, 140
Congress, Trades Union, origin of, 280-81;
description of, 561-6;
summons to, 738-740
Congreve, Richard, 269
Connolly, T., 248, 273;
James, 472-3, 655-7
Conscription, 639-40, 666-7
Consolidated Society of Bookbinders, London.
_See_ Bookbinders
Conspiracy, law of, 67, 367, 598;
to injure, 598
Constitution of Labour Party, 697;
of Trade Unions, 716
Consumers, organisation of, 762
Contagious Diseases Acts, 237
Contracting Out, 366
Cook, A. G., 399
Co-operative Employees, 504, 559, 744;
Movement, 225, 647, 675, 752-62;
production, 168, 194, 225-6, 335-6, 650-51, 659, 707-8;
Society of Smiths.
_See_ Smiths;
Union, the, 545, 691;
Wholesale Society, 541;
workshops, 194
Coopers, 74-5, 104, 230, 350, 423, 438, 548, 685
Co-partnership, 653
Copper-miners, absence of T.U. among, 434
Cordwainers.
_See_ Boot and Shoe Operatives
Corn Production Act, 475, 498
Costing experts, 761
Cotton-spinners, 7, 41, 56, 81, 92, 116-24, 127, 151-2, 170-71, 176,
181, 191, 226, 259, 307-13, 415-16, 423, 435, 475-80, 744
Cotton-weavers, 56-9, 81-2, 86, 109, 307-13, 344, 435, 475-80
Coulson, Edward, 233-40, 248, 252, 255, 282, 362
Coventry, 95
Cowen, Joseph, 316
Cox, Harold, 391, 393
Craft Gilds, 4-21;
labourers excluded from, 43
Cranmer, Archbishop, 4
Crawford, William, 296, 303-4, 391
Crayford, calico-printers of, 193
Cremer, Sir W. R., 248, 289, 682
Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1871, 282-3, 290-91, 364
Crompton, Henry, 265, 278, 282, 284, 286, 298, 338, 362, 374.
_See_ Positivists
Cromwell, combinations reported to, 3
Crooks, W., 685
Cross, Viscount, 291, 312, 618, 624
Cruikshank, James, 20
Cubitt’s, Messrs., strike at, 150
Cunningham, Dr. William, 9, 15, 16, 49, 52, 55, 62, 308
Curriers, 37, 45, 46, 59, 90, 92, 181, 236
Customs officers, 507
Cutlers, 73, 80, 92, 108, 241
Cutlers’ Company, 39
_Daily Citizen_, 689
_Daily Herald_, 502, 542, 689
Dale, David, 328, 339
Danter, 255, 318
Dartmouth, 34
Davenport, W., 30
Davis, J. E., 251
Davis, R. J., 503
Davis, W. J., 281, 324, 356, 358-9 (life), 368, 391, 395, 401, 554,
601, 680
Davitt, Michael, 473
Defoe, Daniel, 35
Delahaye, Victor, 385
De Leon, Daniel, 656
Demarcation disputes, 247, 353
Democracy, nature of, 704-18;
analysis of, 752-62
Deportation of Clyde workers, 640
Deputies, 513, 549
Derby, hatters of, 53;
potters of, 133;
“turn-outs” of, 137-8
Devon, clothiers of, 33-5, 68
Devonport, Lord, 501-2
Dilke, Sir Charles, 238, 494, 617
Dilution, 637-43.
Direct action, 663-73, 712
Directory of Trade Unions, 244-5
District Committee, 221-2, 449;
Councils, 547
District Delegate, 322, 462-3
Dock Foremen and Clerks, London Society of, 440
Dockers, 401-5, 416, 420, 439, 497-502, 744
Document, the, 130, 150-51, 164, 193, 215-16, 244, 255
Doherty, John, 107, 117-18, 122, 124
Dolléans, E., 175
Dorchester labourers, 138, 144-8
Dowlais iron workers, 224
Drake, Barbara, 637
Dronfield, William, 240, 252, 257-8
Druitt, 278-9
Drummond, C. J., 398
Drummond, Henry, 277
Drury, John, 184, 186
Dublin, 14, 37, 53, 76, 104, 172, 243, 551, 721-4
Dugdale, 6
Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby, 185-7, 193-5, 277
Dundee, 136
Dunning, T. J., 23, 188, 228, 240, 243, 245, 252, 321
Dunsford, Martin, 34
Durham, coal-miners of, 44, 181-2, 186, 304, 342, 349, 386, 391-2,
511-12, 517
Dyer, Colonel, xiv
Dyers, 100, 243, 436, 478, 480, 552
Eastern Counties Labour Federation, 405.
_See also_ Agricultural Labourers
Edinburgh, compositors of, 58;
trade clubs of, 177;
Trades Council of, 242, 252;
Upholsterers’ Sewers’ Union at, 336
Educational Institute of Scotland, 473
Eight Hours Bill, textile agitation for, in 1867-75, 309;
general, 387, 390-92, 408, 648
Eight hours day, 402-3;
demanded in 1834, 151;
on the railways, 535
Elcho, Lord.
_See_ Wemyss, Earl of
Eldon, Lord, 105
Election expenses, 368
Electioneering by Trade Unions, 274-5
Electrical Trades Union, 488, 551
Elizabeth, Act of, 47-9
Ellenborough, Lord, 59-60, 144
Ellicott, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester, 332
Ellis, Sir T. Ratcliffe, 530
Ely, Bishop of, 3
Emblem, 450
Emigration, 201-2, 328
Employer and Workman Act, 291, 625
Employers’ Associations, service of, 479;
as combinations, 73
Employers’ liability, 364-6, 370, 373
Employers of Labour, National Federation of Associated, 326-7
Employment Exchanges, 646
Engels, Friedrich, 186
Engineering and Shipbuilding Federation, 552-3
Engineers, 174, 176, 178, 196-7, 201, 204-24, 230, 232-4, 245, 255,
259, 261, 313-17, 346, 348, 353, 355, 384-5, 408, 415-16,
420-21, 551, 555, 559, 636, 643, 692, 744;
statistics of, 407, 428-31, 484-490;
strike of 1836, 206;
strike of 1852, 214-16;
strike of 1897, 484-5
Enginemen, 440
Equalisation of funds, 220
Erle, Sir William, 195, 264, 279
Evans, D., 511
Evans, Frederick, 523
Eversley, Lord, 228
Excess Profits Duty, 641
Excise officers, 507-8
Exeter, 34-5, 136
Fabian Research Department.
_See_ Labour Research Department
Fabian Society, 375, 399, 414, 561, 642, 662, 680-82, 684
Factory Acts, 679
Factory Acts Reform Association, 310-13
Factory inspectors, 371-2
Fagniez, 3, 7, 8
Fairbairn, Sir W., 84, 205
Fair Trade League, 394-5
“Fair Wages” agitation, 398-9, 558
Farr, Dr. William, 228
Farriers, 46
Farringdon, prosecution of labourers at, 332
Farwell, Lord Justice, 627
Faulkner, H. V., 175
Fawcett Association, 508
Fawcett, Henry, 228, 238, 312
Federal Council of Secondary School Associations, 506
Federation of British Industries, 545
Federation of the Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades, 355, 421, 552-3
Federation of Organised Trade Societies, 356
Felkin, W., 38, 52, 169
Feltmakers’ Company, 28, 30, 52-3
Female Umbrella Makers, 337
Fenwick, Charles, 362
Fernehough, Thomas, 260
Ferrand, M.P., 186
Fielden, J., 132, 151, 158
Fielding, Sir John, 54
Figgis, J. N., 611
Filesmiths of Sheffield, 80
Findlay, Sir George, 525
Finlaison, 268
Flannel-weavers of Rochdale, 127
Flax Roughers, 473;
workers, 133, 435-6
Flint Glass Makers, 181, 183-4, 197, 199-202, 228, 230, 379-80, 423,
744
Forbes, Archibald, 329
Foreign policy of Labour Party, 695-6
Foremen, 440, 506
Forest of Dean Miners’ Association, 434. _See also_ Miners
Forster, W. E., 228
Foster, Thomas, 118-20;
(another) 648
Foxwell, Professor H. S., 58, 155, 157, 162, 308
Framework-knitters, 14, 38-9, 51, 51-2, 62, 75, 88-9, 94, 121
Franchise, 368, 372, 624, 672
Franklin, Benjamin, 27
Free Colliers of Scotland, 20
Freemasons, 19
French Polishers, 432-3
Friendly Benefits, 222, 445, 620-21
Friendly Societies, 19, 24;
Act for, 261
Friendly Society of Oddfellows, 19
Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons.
_See_ Stonemasons
Friendly Union of Mechanics, 208
Friendly United Smiths of Great Britain and Ireland, 207.
_See also_ Smiths
Friziers, 91
Frost, Williams, and Jones, Newport Chartists, 177
Froude, J. A., 48
Furnishing Trades, 481
Fynes, Richard, 90, 124, 181, 186
Gaevernitz, von Schulze, 339, 414
Galloway, 61, 205
Galton, F. W., 23, 97, 150
Gammage, R. G., 175
Garibaldi, 247
Garment Workers.
_See_ Tailors
Garton Foundation, 648
Gascoyne, Colonel, 71
Gas-stokers, London (1872), 284-5;
strike of (1834), 138, (1888) 395.
_See_ Gas-workers
Gast, John, 84-5, 107, 111, 115
Gas-workers, 402, 406, 420, 439, 497, 499
Gateshead Trades Council, 561
Geddes, Sir Auckland, 536-7
Geddes, Sir Eric, 536-8
Geldart, W. M., 609, 634
General Federation of Trade Unions 554-7, 603-4, 700
General Labourers’ National Council, 499
General Railway Workers’ Union, 405-6, 524, 530.
_See also_ Railwaymen
General staff, need for, 546
General Union of Carpenters.
_See_ Carpenters
General Union of Sheet Metal Workers.
_See_ Sheet Metal Workers
General Union of Textile Workers, 480
General Workers, 497-502
George, D. Lloyd, 509, 518, 522, 527, 537-9, 541, 543-4, 645, 692,
694-5
George, Henry, 375-6, 389
Gierke, O., 611-12
Giffen, Sir Robert, 424
Gig-mill, 48
Gild of St. George, Coventry, 6
Girdlestone, Canon, 329
Gladstone, W. E., 248, 262, 284-6, 302, 365
Glasgow, calico-printers of, 75;
cotton operatives of, 56, 58-9, 89, 170-71;
gilds of, 14;
labourers’ society in, 417;
stonemasons of, 347;
Trades Council of, 240, 242-3, 252-3, 258, 280;
violent Trade Unionism of, 165
Glass-bottle Makers, 259, 423, 441, 744
Glass-workers.
_See_ Flint Glass Makers and Glass-bottle Makers
Glaziers of London, 66
Gloucestershire, clothiers of, 33-5;
weavers of, 50;
woollen-workers of, 33-4, 50
Glovers, 43, 437
Goderich, Lord.
_See_ Ripon, Marquis of
Gold, Silver, and Kindred Trades Society, 551
Goldasti, 20
Goldbeaters, 37, 91
Gompers, Samuel, 556
_Gorgon_, the, 99
Government of Industry, 752-62
Government officials, 507-8
Graham, Sir James, 60, 185
Graham, R. B. Cunninghame, 386, 682
Grain-porters, 501
Grand National Consolidated Trades Union, 125, 417;
rules of, 725-733
Grey, Sir George, 185
Grinders, 80, 260
Gross, Dr., 15
Grote, George, 178
Guild Socialism, 548, 660-1
Guilds.
_See_ Craft Gilds
Guile, Daniel, 233-40, 238 (life of), 252, 291, 362
Gurney, J, and W. B., 89
Gurney, Russell, 275
Haddleton, 197
Halévy, Élie, 648
Halifax, woollen-workers of, 35
Hall, Rev. Robert, 94
Halliday, Sir Leonard, 4
Halliday, Thomas, 289
Hallsworth, Joseph, 503
Halsbury, Lord, 610, 614
Hamilton, A. H. A., 33
Hammond, J. L. and B., 70-71, 82, 86, 89, 100, 105, 112, 115, 144
Hanley Trades Council, 558
Hansom, 130
Hardie, J. Keir, 396, 681-4, 688
Harford, E., 390
Harrel, Sir David, 530
Harrison, Frederic, 246, 262, 263, 265, 267, 270-71, 273-4, 275, 279,
284, 286, 295-7, 298, 362, 374, 610.
_See also_ Positivists
Harvey, George, 511
Hasbach, Dr. W., 329, 405
Hatters, 28, 30, 45, 52-3, 68, 90, 437.
_See also_ Feltmakers’ Company
Headlam, Rev. S. D., 399
Heath, F. G., 329
Henderson, Arthur, 490, 529-30, 666, 669, 680, 685, 692, 694-5, 699
Henson, Gravener, 38, 77, 81, 89, 94, 100, 105
Hepburn, Tommy, 124
_Herald of the Rights of Industry, The_, 158
Herbert, Hon. Auberon, 329
Hewins, W. A. S., 49
Hexham, hatters of, 53
Hibbert and Platt, 214
Hill, Frank, 14, 228
Hill, Frederic, 257, 272
Hilles, Richard, 4
Hobhouse, Benjamin, 69, 70
Hobhouse, John Cam, 122
Hobson, S. G., 660
Hodge, John, 491, 692, 695
Hodges, Frank, 517, 673-5, 715
Hodgskin, T., 162
Holders-up.
_See_ Boilermakers.
Holland, John, 124
Holland, Lord, 70
Holyoake, G. J., 302
Holy town, miners of, 193
Hornby _v._ Close, 262
Hosiery-workers, 435-6.
_See also_ Framework-knitters
Hour, payment by the, 245-6
House of Call, 69, 77, 445
Hovell, Mark, vi, 158, 164, 170, 175
Howell, George, 12-13, 17, 27, 30, 40-41, 65, 71, 100, 105, 139, 144,
170, 173, 188, 195, 228, 240, 245, 248, 255, 275, 281, 285-6,
289, 291-2, 295, 298, 325, 329-30, 352, 361, 370, 372, 391,
395, 416, 599, 601, 616-17, 623, 665, 682, 748
Howick, Lord, 146
Hoxie, R. F., 717
Hozier, J. H. C., 393.
Huddersfield, 125
Hughes, Judge Thomas, Q.C., 216, 228, 244, 246, 265, 270, 274-5, 282,
290, 263-4, 341.
_See also_ Christian Socialists
Hughson, David, 32, 34
Hull, ropemakers of, 91;
Trade Unionism at, 136
Hume, James Deacon, 158
Hume, Joseph, M.P., 72, 81, 99-168, 142, 186, 251, 277, 415
Humphrey, A. W., 237, 275, 289, 604, 680
Humphries, E., 195
Hunt, D. R. C., 599
Hunt, Henry, 96, 164
Hunter, Thomas, 170
Huskisson, W., M.P., 60, 105-6
Hutchinson, Alexander, 153, 207-8
Hutton, R. H., 228, 246
Hutton, W., 177
Huysmans, Camille, 666, 669, 670
Hyde, spinners’ strike at, 117
Hyett, W. H., 111
Hyndman, H. M., 376-7, 387, 400, 409-11
“Illegal men,” 59
Incorporation of Trade Unions, 596
Independent Labour Party, 384, 652, 680-84, 692
Independent Order of Engineers and Machinists.
_See_ Engineers
Index numbers, 339
Industrial Conscription, 639-40
Industrial Courts Act, 1919, 643
Industrial Remuneration Conference, 380
Industrial Unionism, 656-9
Industrial Unions, 548-50
Industrial Workers of the World, 655
Industries, difficulty of delimiting, 714
Ingram, Dr. J. K., 26
Initiation Parts, 149
Injunctions, 599, 600, 688
Inspectors, 504-5
Insurance Agents, 440, 507
Inter-Allied Conferences, 693-6
Interlocutor, 581
International Association of Working-men, 235-6, 248, 297, 316, 379,
396-7, 421, 666, 693-6
International Federations of Trade Unions, 555-6
Intimidation, 597
Ireland, laws in, 68-9;
Trade Unionism in, 472-3
Irish Bank Officials’ Association, 505
Irish Clerical Workers’ Union, 505
Irish Labour Party, 473
Irish Railway Workers’ Trade Union, 524
Irish Teachers’ Society, 473
Irish Textile Workers’ Federation, 473
Irish Trades Union Congress, 473
Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 492, 552, 749
Iron and Steelworkers, Associated Society of.
_See_ Ironworkers
Iron Forgers, Associated Fraternity of, or Old Smiths, 205
Ironfounders, 78, 121, 174, 176, 198-9, 200-203, 205, 213, 226, 233,
245, 261, 319-20, 348-9, 353, 391, 415, 429-30, 488, 685, 692,
744
Irongrinders, 744
Ironmoulders.
_See_ Ironfounders
Iron shipbuilders.
_See_ Boiler makers
Iron Trade--Midland Wages Board, 734-5;
North of England Wages Board, 734-5
Ironworkers, 240, 259, 273, 324, 339, 349, 430-31, 491-2, 734-5;
of Dowlais, 224;
of Staffordshire, 256;
sliding scales of, 734-5
Jackson and Graham, 290
Jackson, Col. Raynsford, 344
James, 37
James of Hereford, Lord, 206, 493, 610, 615-16, 618, 626
Jeffrey, Lord, 72
Jevons, H. Stanley (the younger), 186, 511, 516
Jewish Unions, 478
Joiners.
_See_ Carpenters
Joint Board, 700
Joint Committees.
_See_ Arbitration, Whitley Councils
Jones, Benjamin, 225, 708
Jones, Daniel, 734
Jones, Lloyd, 243, 298, 329, 340-41 (life), 510
Jones, W. C., 341
Journalists, 493, 507
Journeyman Fraternities, 4-9
Journeymen Steam Engine and Machine Makers and Millwrights Friendly
Society, 204-20.
_See also_ Engineers
Jude, Martin, 182, 299
Junta, the, 233-98
Jupp, 18
Jury service, 367-8, 372
Justices of the Peace, 372, 594
Kane, John, 240 (life of), 273, 286, 289, 299, 324, 339
Karslake, Sir John, 275
Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir James, 228
Keeling, F., 500
Keelmen, 44
Kenney, Rowland, 524, 527
Kettel, F. E., 329
Kettle, Sir Rupert, 338-9
Kidderminster, 112;
carpet-weavers of, 224
Kitchen-range, etc., Fitters’ Union, 323
Knight, Charles, 141, 178
Knight, Robert, 322, 324, 351, 355, 378, 421, 554
Knights of Labour, 135
Laboratory workers, 506
Labour and the New Social Order, 679, 697
Labour Commission, 595-6, 602, 650, 735
Labour Department, 596
_Labour Elector, The_, 387
Labour Electoral Committee, 680
Labour League, London and Counties, 417, 439
Labour members, characteristics of, 701-2
Labour Party, 604
Labour Representation League, 287-9, 680
Labour Research Department, 225, 542, 561, 751
_Labour Standard, The_, 298
Labour Time, 162-3
Labourers, no early organisation among, 43;
statistics of, 428-9, 438-40;
increase of, 497-502
Lacemakers, 435-6, 441, 559
Ladies’ Shoemakers’ Society, 238
_Laisser-faire_, 56
Lanarkshire, cotton-weavers of, 58, 170
Lancashire Federation of Protection Societies, 478
Lancashire Miners, 182, 433, 511
Land Nationalisation, 389, 390, 395
Langford, 32
Lansbury, George, 689
Larkin, James, 472-3
Lathom, R. M., 680
Laundresses, T.U., 336
Law, Bonar, 668
Law reforms, 367-8
Lawrence, F. Pethick, 681
Lawrence, Miss Susan, 494, 496
Laws, Mr., 287
Layton, W. T., 527
Lead miners, absence of T.U. among, 434
Leathergrounders, 92
Leatherworkers, 437, 552
Lee, H. W., 501
Leech, H. J., 293
Leeds, 35;
clothing trade of, 35, 40, 127;
Clothiers’ Union, 133, 147
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Bradford District Union, 147
Legal assaults, 597-634
Legal Minimum Wage, under Trade Boards Act, 494-5;
under Corn Production Act, 498;
under Mines Act, 514-16
Leicester, 94, 125, 137;
hosiery workers of, 335;
Trades Council, 558;
woolcombers of, 36
Levi, Leone, 424
Levine, Louis, 655
Lewis, Sir G. C., 247
Liberty, analysis of, 757
Lichfield, Earl of, 254
Life Assurance Agents.
_See_ Insurance Agents
Linen Weavers, 436
_Link, The_, 402
Liquor, 448;
allowance, 203-4
Litchfield, R. B., 246
Liverpool, building trades of, 128-130;
dockers of, 405;
hatters of, 53;
ropemakers of, 91;
shipwrights of, 551;
Trades Council, 242-3, 252, 354-5
Liverpool, Lord, 105
Liverpool Sailmakers’ Friendly Association of Shipwrights,
_See_ Shipwrights
Liverpool, Trades Guardian Association of, 243
Lloyd, C. M., 160
Local Government elections, 305, 399, 413;
employees, 508;
successes, 703-4
Local _versus_ Central Administration, 714
Lock-out, the, 255-6;
of agricultural labourers, 332, 334
London and Counties Labour League, 417, 439
London Carpenters’ Company, 18;
city companies of, 14;
coal-porters of, 18;
early combinations in the City of, 2, 3;
framework knitters of, 14, 38, 51-2;
joiners’ company of, 18;
shipwrights’ company of, 18;
Trades Council, 231, 236, 238, 285, 333, 558-60;
woodsawyers of, 18
London Consolidated Society of Bookbinders, 188, 196
London Society of Compositors, 181, 399, 415, 437-8, 492
London Working Men’s Association, 298, 680
Londonderry, Lord, 90, 166, 186
Longe, F. D., 228
Looms, renting of, forbidden, 48
Loveless, George, John, and James, 144-6, 148
Lovett, Samuel, 96
Lovett, William, 84, 114, 145, 156, 157, 172, 174
Lowe, Robert.
_See_ Sherbrooke, Lord, 285
Lucraft, Benjamin, 235, 289
Luddites, the, 87-9
Ludlow, J. M., 14, 26, 216, 228, 246, 264, 341.
_See_ Christian Socialists
Lushington, Sir Godfrey, 228, 246, 264
Lushington, Vernon, 264
Macarthur, Miss Mary, 494, 496
Macclesfield, hatters of, 30
McConnel and Co., 308
McCulloch, J. R., 23, 99, 197
Macdonald, Alexander, 240, 249, 252, 277, 286, 289, 290, 299, 300
(life of), 301-7, 338, 342, 362, 393, 510, 680
MacDonald, J. Ramsay, 23, 337, 529, 666, 669, 684-5, 688, 699
McGowan, Patrick, 118, 120
Machine, Engine, and Iron Grinders’ Society, 744-7
Machine Printers, 744.
_See also_ Compositors
Machine Workers.
_See_ Engineers
Machinery, export of, 100, 103
M’Hugh, Edward, 582
MacManus, A., 619
Madox, T., 612
Maitland, F. W., 611-12
Maitland, General, 88
_Man, The_, 134
Management, analysis of, 752
Manchester--Association of T.U. Officials, Manchester and District,
324;
brickmakers of, 268;
building trades of, 130-31, (strike of 1846) 193;
carpenters of, 343;
cotton-spinners of, 81;
lengthening of hours at, 348;
painters of, 275;
Trades Council, 243, 280, 558-60, 738-40
Mandamus, 600
Manley, Thomas, 22
Mann, Tom, 383-4
(life), 396, 402, 406-7, 409, 412-14, 419, 490, 595-6, 651-2, 657-8
Manners, Lord John, 186
Manning, Cardinal, 332, 404
Marcroft family, the, 152
Marine Engineers’ Union.
_See_ Engineers
Marlborough, Duke of, 332
Marshall, James, 170
Martineau, Harriet, 141
Marx, Karl, 162, 235, 297, 367, 376, 389
Masons.
_See_ Stonemasons
Master and Servant, law in 1844, 185-6;
Act of 1867, 249-53
Match girls, London strike of, 402
Maudsley, 61
Maurice, Rev. F. D., 228
Mavor, James, 524
Mawdsley, James, 379, 479, 596
Mawdsley, Thomas, 311
Maxwell, William, 598
May, John, 33
Mayhew, 11
Mechanics’ Friendly Union Institution, 208
_Mechanics’ Magazine_, the, 197
Medico-Political Union, 506-7
Melbourne, Lord, 138-48
_Memorandum on War Aims_, 695
Memorial of Freedom and Peace, 593
Menger, Anton, 155, 157, 162
Mercantile Marine Offices, Superintendents of, 507
Merchant Shipping Acts, 607
Merchant Taylors’ Company, 3, 6
Mersey Quay and Railway Carters’ Union.
_See_ Carmen
Merton College buildings, 10, 11
Mess, H. A., 500
Middleton, J. S., 691
Midland Iron Trade Board, 734
Miles, Wm., 185
Military Service Acts, 639-40
Mill, James, 96, 157
Mill, John Stuart, 287, 617
Millers, 59, 438;
of Kent, 59-60
Millmen.
_See_ Ironworkers
Millwrights, 45, 69, 83-4, 92, 204-6
Miners, 415, 510-22, 624, 690;
Amalgamated Association of, 289;
Co-operative Production and, 335;
Association of, G. B. and I., 181, 182, 186, 299, 517-18;
Eight Hours Act, 686;
Federation, 393-4, 408, 433-4, 510-22, 538, 549-50, 553, 555, 648,
661, 662-3, 665, 668, 673-5, 685, 715;
Minimum Wage Act, 687;
of Ayrshire, 681;
of Carmarthenshire, 44;
of Durham, 44, 124, 166, 182-3, 296, 304, 335, 338, 342, 349, 386,
391, 392, 434, 511-12, 517, 744;
of Holytown, 193;
of Lancashire, 111-12, 123, 143, 182-183, 188, 392-3, 433, 511;
of Lothian, 434;
of Midlands, 349, 393, 511;
of Monmouthshire, 89;
of Northumberland, 124, 127, 182, 296, 335, 338, 340, 342, 347,
349, 386, 391-2, 433, 511-12;
of Nottingham, 258;
of Scotland, 192, 393, 434, 511;
of Somerset, 44;
of Staffordshire, 124, 511;
of South Wales, 89, 343, 349, 434, 511, 640, 690;
of Yorkshire, 124, 182, 228, 230, 256, 301-2, 304-5, 335, 338,
349, 370, 392-3, 433, 510-11, 522, 744;
reorganisation of, in 1858, 300-7;
statistics of, 407, 428-9, 433-4;
strike of 1810, 90.
_See also_ Iron-miners, Lead-miners, Copper-miners.
Miners’ Attorney-General, the, 183
_Miners’ Next Step_, the, 657
Minimum to Sliding Scale, 340-42
Minimum Wage Commission, 648
Mining Association of Great Britain, 553
Ministry of Reconstruction, 647-8
Mogul Case, 598
Molestation, 597
Moncrieff, Lord, 343
Moore, Peter, 251
Morley, Samuel, 310, 332
Morris, William, 377
Morrison, James, 131
Mottershead, 289
Mulineaux, Thomas, 30
Mundella, A. J., 264-5, 274-5, 282, 288, 290, 310, 338-9, 362
Municipal Employees’ Association, 508
Munitions, Levy, 641;
Ministry of, 637-43;
Munitions of War Acts, 637, 643;
Tribunals, 639, 643, 646
Munro, Prof. J. E. Crawford, 308, 734-7
Murphy, J. T., 490, 659
Musical Instrument Makers, 92
Musicians, 744
Mutual Association of Coopers.
_See_ Coopers
Mutuality, 487
Nash, Vaughan, 404
National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association, 551, 744.
_See also_ Furnishing, French Polishers, Cabinetmakers, Upholsterers
National Amalgamated Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union.
_See_ Sailors.
National Association for the Protection of Labour, 120-24
National Association of Miners, 299-300
National Association of Operative Plasterers.
_See_ Plasterers
National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Labour,
186-95
National Association of United Trades, 277
National Companies, 160
National Cordwainers’ Society, 192
National Council of Colliery Workers, 550
National Federation of Building Trade Operatives, 482-3;
of Colliery Enginemen, 550;
of Colliery Mechanics, 550;
of Deputies, 550;
of General Workers, 499-500;
of Mine Managers, 550;
of Professional Workers, 506-7;
of Women Workers, 495
National Guilds, 660-61
National Industrial Conference, 648
National Insurance Act, 475, 495, 498, 503, 555, 636, 689
National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers.
_See_ Brassworkers
National Transport Workers’ Federation, 500-502, 538, 543
National Typographical Association, 181, 191
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives.
_See_ Boot and Shoe Operatives
National Union of Clerks, 505;
of Dock Labourers.
_See_ Dockers;
of General Workers, 692.
_See also_ Gas-workers;
of Miners, 300-307, 511-12;
of Railway Clerks, 524;
of Railwaymen, 530-46.
_See also_ Railwaymen;
of Teachers, 440, 473, 506;
of the Working Classes, 156
National United Trades’ Association for the Employment of Labour, 192
Nationalisation, 651;
of the coal supply, 517-22;
of Mines Bill, 662-3;
of railways, 534.
Navvies, 439.
_See also_ Labourers
Neale, E. Vansittart, 216, 341.
_See_ Christian Socialists
Neale, Professor, 264
_New Age_, the, 660
New Sarum, Cordwainers at, 57
“New Unionism,” the, of 1833-34, 153-67;
of 1845-52, 195-204;
of 1889-90, 414-21
Newcastle, potters of, 133;
ropemakers of, 91;
Trades Council, 252
Newcastle-on-Tyne--engineers’ strike at, 315-16;
gilds of, 14;
shoemakers at, 24
Newton, George, 258
Newton, William, 206-24, 234, 243, 680
Newton-le-Willows, trial of engineers of, 209-10
Nine Hours’ Bill, 311-12, 625
Nine Hours’ Day, 245, 391, 397;
attack on, 347, 355;
in building trades, 228-32;
movement in engineering and building, 313-17
Nixon, J., 340
Non-Unionists, 441, 443;
refusal to work with, 295-6
Normal Day, the, 246
Normansell, John, 305
North of England Manufactured Iron Board, 734-5
Northern Counties’ Amalgamated Association of Weavers, 423, 478
_Northern Star, The_, 166, 174-7, 181-2, 186, 216
Northumberland Miners, 181-2, 304, 340, 342, 347, 349, 386, 391-2,
511-12, 625, 744
_Notes and Queries_, 34
Nottingham, 52;
framework knitters of, 52;
Hosiery Board, 338;
stockingers of, 62;
Trades Council, 252, 558
O’Brien, J. Bronterre, 178
Obstruction, 597
O’Connell, Daniel, 148, 171, 173
O’Connor, Fergus, M.P., 174-5, 177-8, 182, 188. See _Northern Star_
Odger, George, 233-98, 238 (life), 243, 245, 247-8, 361-2, 680
O’Grady, J., 683
Oldham, cotton operatives of, 307;
strike of, in 1834, 151-2;
cotton spinners of, 41, 559;
strike of, in 1871, 310;
engineers of, 214
“One Big Union,” 114
Onslow, Serjeant, 61-2
Operative Society of Bricklayers.
_See_ Bricklayers
_Operative, The_, 213
Orage, A. R., 660
Osborne Judgement, 608-34, 686
Osborne, W. V., 608-9, 628
Ouseburn Engine works, 335
Outrages, Glasgow, 165, 170-71;
Manchester, 268;
Sheffield, 259-260, 268
Overlap.
_See_ Demarcation
Overlookers, 477
Overmen, 434, 513, 549
Over-steaming, 679
Overtime, 317;
in Government Departments, 390-91;
prevalence of, 348
Owen, Robert, 130, 132, 134-5, 154-64, 167-8, 177, 251, 341, 409-10,
418-19
Owenism, 653, 707
Oxford, Cordwainers at, 5
Pacifists, the, 691-6
Packing-case Makers, 432
Painters, 125, 275, 432-3, 481, 548;
of Dublin, 721-4;
of Liverpool, 128;
of London, 66
Paisley, operatives at, 23;
weavers of, 23
Papermakers, 68, 77, 90, 92, 438, 493
Paris, Comte de, 272
Parker, James, 692, 698
Parliamentary Committee of Trades Union Congress, 361, 554-6, 700;
cotton officials demur to alliance with, 310;
origin of, 281, 283
Parnell, Sir Henry, 172-3
Particulars Clause, 679
Patent laws, 368-9
Paterson, Mrs., 336-7 (life)
Patrimony in apprenticeship, 83
Patternmakers, 205, 353, 430, 488, 551;
society formed, 322;
statistics of, 745, 749
Payment by Results, 643;
in engineering, 485-7
Payment of members, 368, 374, 631
Peasant proprietorship, 368, 389-390, 395
Pease, E. R., 414, 680
Peel, Sir Robert (the elder), 57, 60;
(the younger), 139
Pemberton, Benjamin, 721-2
Pension Committee, 594, 646
Penty, A. J., 660
Percy, M., 511
Perthshire, 136
“Philanthropic Hercules,” 114
Pianoforte Makers, 230
Picketing, 278, 598, 607;
legalisation of, 291
Picton, Sir J. A., 40
Piecers, 435;
associations of, 7
Piecework Lists in cotton industry, 307-9
Pilots, 440
Pinmakers, Corporation of, 42
_Pioneer_, or _Trades Union Magazine, The_, 131
Pipemakers, 91
Pit Committee, 521
Pitt, William, 69, 71
Place, Francis, 32, 61, 73, 84-5, 89, 94, 96-110, 114, 117, 156, 159,
175, 251, 415, 416
Plasterers, 125, 354, 432-3, 744;
of Dublin, 172, 721-4
Platers’ Helpers, 353-4, 360
Plimsoll, S., 354, 370
Ploughmen’s Union, Perthshire, 136
Plumbers, 125, 169, 316, 348, 429, 432-3, 481, 744
Podmore, Frank, 130, 160
Police Union, 509
Political expenditure, 632
Pollock, Sir F., 597
_Poor Man’s Advocate, The_, 117, 120
_Poor Man’s Guardian, The_, 114, 134, 136, 142-3, 155
Porters, 442
Positivists, 246, 262-4.
_See_ Beesly, Crompton, and Harrison
Post Office annuities, 248, 296-7;
employees, 507-8, 539;
Savings Bank, 262
Post Office workers, 440, 744;
union of, 508, 661
Postal and Telegraph Clerks’ Association, 507-8, 662
Postmen’s Federation, 507-8
Potter, Edmund, 274
Potter, George, 231
Potter, George, 248, 252, 254-5, 272-3, 289, 298, 361, 680
Potters, 133, 147, 168-9, 181, 185, 192, 201, 438, 552;
and co-operative production, 336;
of Staffordshire, 123;
of Wolverhampton, 143;
Union, 181, 197
_Potters’ Examiner, The_, 197, 202
Precious metals, workers in, 431, 551
Premium Bonus System, 643
Pressmen, 27;
prosecution of, 78;
_See_ Compositors
Preston, carpenters of, 75;
cotton-spinners’ strike of 1836, 169;
gilds of, 14
Price, Rev. H., 112
Price, L. L., 338, 736
Printers.
_See_ Compositors, Pressmen, and Typographical
Printing Trades, statistics of, 428, 437-8, 744-9
Prior, J. D., 240, 324, 362-3, 372
Prison Officers’ Federation, 507
Production for use, 709
Professional Association, 711-12
Profiteering Act, 675
Profit-sharing, 403
Publicity, use of, 222-3
Puddlers.
_See_ Ironworkers
Pugh, Arthur, 491
Purcell, A., 560
Quarrymen, 433-4
Quittance Paper, 208.
Radstock Miners’ Association.
_See_ Miners, Somersetshire
Rae, Sir William, 95
Railway Clerks’ Association, 504-5, 523, 534, 539, 545, 661, 744
Railway Telegraph Clerks’ Association, 523
Railway Working Men’s Benefit Society, 523
Railwaymen, 365, 390, 407, 439, 442, 504-5, 522-46, 550, 559,
600-634, 661, 666, 684, 687, 690, 744;
statistics of, 407, 744-9
Railway Women’s Guild, 497
Ramsey, conference at, 117
Rattening, 260
Raynes, Francis, 89
Razor-grinders, 184, 343
Reade, Charles, 257
“Red Van” Campaign, 405
Reform Act of 1832, 155-6, 177;
of 1867, 248;
of 1918, 698
Registrar of Friendly Societies, Chief, 261, 423, 619
Renals, E., 339
Rennie, 84
Representative actions, 602
Restoration of Trade Union conditions, 642-3
Restraint of trade, 67, 262, 617
Revolution in Thought, 649-76
Rhondda, 514
Ribbon-weavers, Coventry, 95
Ricardo, David, 178
Richmond the spy, 89
Rick-burning, 144
Riley’s _Memorials_, 3, 6
Ripon, Marquis of, 215, 244
Rites of admission, 127
Roberts, G. H., 666, 692, 698
Roberts, W. P., 182-5, 210, 510
Rochdale, flannel-weavers of, 127;
Pioneers, 177, 225
Roebuck, J. A., 148
Rogers, J. E. Thorold, 10, 49, 56
Rollit, Sir Albert, 501
Roman Catholic Unions, 478
Ropemakers, 91, 438
Rose, George, 61, 70
Rosebery, Lord, 374
Rosenblatt, F. F., 175
Rosslyn, Lord, 108
Rotherhithe Watermen, 11
Rowlands, J., 682
Rowlinson, John, 208
Ruegg, A. H., 599
Rules, Trade Union, 651
Rutland, Duke of, 332
Ryan, W. P., 473
Saddlers, 92;
of London, 3
Sadler, Michael, 123
Sailmakers, 46, 120, 430
Sailors, 405-6, 438, 440, 500-501, 607, 665;
on North-East Coast, 104, 106, 108
St. Leonards, Lord, 230
Salisbury, bootmakers of, 57
Samuel, Herbert, 508
Sankey, Mr. Justice, 518-22, 668
Saturday half-holiday, 229;
Oldham Spinners’ strike for, 310
Saw-grinders, 260
Sawyers, 433
Scale Beam-makers, 92
Scalemakers, 92
Schoenlank, Dr. Bruno, 25
Scissorsmiths, 39, 80
Scott, W., 124
Scottish Farm Servants’ Union, 498-9
Scottish National Operative Tailors’ Society.
_See_ Tailors
Scottish Society of Railway Servants, 524-5
Scottish Typographical Association, 181, 423, 437, 482.
_See also_ Compositors
Scottish United Operative Masons, 196
Seagoing Engineers’ Union.
_See_ Engineers
Seaham, 166
Secondary School Teachers, 506
Secular Education, 628
Self-governing Workshops, 225
Selley, Ernest, 329, 405
Selsby, 209-10, 234
Senior, Nassau, 103, 139-41, 173
Serfdom of miners, 89
Sewing-machine, introduction of, 228
Shackleton, Sir D., 685
Shaen, Roscoe & Co., 275
Shaftesbury, Lord, 293, 434
Shale Oil-Workers, 434
Shaw, Lord, 626
Shearmen of Dundee, 136;
of Wiltshire, 144
Sheet Metal Workers, 431
Sheffield, 94;
carpenters of, 232, 236;
conference at, 257;
cutlery made, 39;
gilds of, 14;
Mercantile and Manufacturing Union, 73, 80;
outrages at, 259-61, 263, 268-9;
prosecution at, 184-5;
Trades Council, 242-3, 252, 280, 299;
United Trades of, 184, 187
Shepton Mallet, woollen-workers of, 51
Sherbrooke, Lord, 285
Sheridan, R. B., 57, 71
Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, 551.
_See also_ Shipwrights
Shipton, George, 240, 290, 298, 325, 331, 362, 395, 406, 408
Shipwrights, 45, 77, 247, 353, 429-30, 490-91, 551;
of Deptford, 85;
of Liverpool, 39-40, 71;
of London, 104, 110;
of Newcastle, 106;
of the Clyde, 256
Shirland Colliery, 335
Shirt and Collar-makers, Women’s Society of, 336
Shoemakers’ wages in London in 1669, 21;
of Wisbech, early combination of, 3
Sholl, S., 37, 55
Shop Assistants, 440, 503-4, 744;
of Sheffield, 109;
organisation among, 136-7;
statistics of, 745-749
Shop Stewards, 488-90, 659, 690
Shopmen, Railway, 531
Shorrocks, Peter, 278-9
Short Time Committees, 194
Show Stewards, 716
Sidgwick, Henry, 308
Sigismund, the Emperor, 20
Silk-weavers, 37, 54-5, 66, 68, 98, 112, 121, 435-6;
at Coventry, 95;
at Spitalfields, 37;
at Dublin, 37
Silversmiths, 80, 91, 551
Simpson, Mrs., 141
Six Acts, the, 95
Six Hours’ Day, 517-22
Skelton, O. D., 414
Slaters, 432
Slesser, H. H., 601, 607, 634
Sliding Scales, 338-42, 391, 510, 734-7
Slosson, P. W., 175
Smart, W., 511
Smillie, R., 513
Smith, Adam, 23, 49, 55, 73, 162
Smith, Adolphe, 379
Smith, Frank, 681
Smith, Sidney, 216, 287, 347
Smith, Sir H. Llewellyn, 404
Smith, Toulmin, 8
Smiths, 46, 121, 205, 207-8, 213, 323, 430-431, 487-8, 491, 744;
early clubs of, 46.
_See_ Blacksmiths and Engineers
Snowden, Philip, 688, 699
Social Contract, 674, 715
Social Democratic Federation, 376-377, 384-5, 387-9, 400, 409-14,
652, 685
Social Science Association Report, 14, 23, 227-8
Socialism, revival of, 374-414
Socialist Labour Party, 659
Socialist League, 388
Society for National Regeneration, 132
Society for obtaining Parliamentary Relief, 62
Somers, Robert, 272
Somerset, clothiers of, 33-5;
coal-miners of, 44;
weavers of, 49, 51, 65;
woollen-workers of, 33-4, 49, 51
South Metropolitan Gas Company, 403
South Wales, depression in, 343;
miners of, 511, 514, 640, 690, 692;
ferment among, 657, 659
Sparkes, Malcolm, 483, 648
Spitalfields, 37, 54-5, 61, 66, 98, 112
Spyers, T. G., 596
Stabilisation of Wages, 643
Staffordshire, ironworkers of, 256
Stalybridge, cotton-spinners of, 2
Standard of Life, the, 303, 369
“Standardisation” on the railways, 535-46
Stationers’ Company, 27
Stationmasters, 504-5
Statistics, 422-44, 741-50
Status, rise in, 634-6
Statute of Apprentices, 47-9;
repeal of, 57-61.
_See_ Apprentices
Statute of Labourers, 250
Steadman, W. C., 362, 684
Steam-engine makers, 203, 205.
_See_ Engineers
Steel-smelters, 430, 491-2, 552, 559, 692, 744
Steffen, Gustav, 86
Stephen, J. Fitzjames, 70, 279
Stephens, Rev. J. R., 302, 309
Stevedores, 403
Stockholm, 694
Stocking Makers’ Association, 52
Stockingers.
_See_ Framework-knitters
Stockport, cotton-spinners of, 41
Stone, Gilbert, 511
Stonemasons, 125, 127, 149, 151, 166, 172, 176, 184, 191, 196, 199,
200, 202, 213, 223, 226-32, 241, 243, 248, 274, 277, 313, 316,
319-20, 343, 347, 348-9, 354, 383, 408, 429, 432-3, 744;
early combinations among, 8;
Friendly Society of Operative, 8;
of Scotland, 174;
of Sheffield, 80
_Stonemasons’ Fortnightly Circular, The_, 185, 196, 202
Strike, first use of the word, 46;
“in Detail,” 199-200;
origin of the term, 46;
the General, 163-4, 658, 671-3;
the right to, 664
Strikes of 1876-89, 347;
in 1891-99, 603;
in 1900-1910, 603-4;
of miners (1912), 513;
of police, 509;
of railwaymen, (1912) 508-530, (1919) 535-46
Stroud, woollen-workers of, 50
Sturgeon, Charles, 277
Summons to the first T.U. Congress, 738-40
Supply and Demand, 201
Surface workers, 513
Sutherland, Sir William, 541
Sweating, 371, 380-81
Swinton, Archibald, 170
Swinton, potters of, 133
Swiss Railway Management, 760
Symes, Inspector, 509
Symons, J. G., 170
Syndicalism, 654-9, 690
Taff Vale Strike and Case, 526, 600-608
Tailoresses, 136
Tailors, 44, 77, 97, 192, 259, 319, 360, 369, 371, 478, 551, 555, 744;
early combination of, in London, 3;
First Grand Lodge of Operative, 149;
of Cambridge, 68;
of London, 67-8;
of Nottingham, 75;
of Sheffield, 80;
statistics of, 436-7;
strike of, in London, 1833, 149;
strike of, in 1867, 278
Tankard-bearers, 42
Tanners, Bermondsey, prosecution of, 143
Tape Sizers, 477
Tarleton, General, 71
Taunton, 35
Taylor, Henry, 331
Taylor, Sir Herbert, 138, 141
Taylor, W. C., 48
Taylor, William, 23
Teachers, 505-6
Teachers, National Union of, 691
Tea-workers’ and General Labourers’ Union, 403-4
Technical Engineers, Society of, 506
Telegraph clerks, 440
Terra-cotta, 354
Tester, John, 127
Textile Factory Workers, United Association of, 435, 478, 623
Textile Operatives.
_See_ Cotton-spinners, Cotton-weavers, Woollen-workers, etc.
Textile Trades, statistics of, 428-9, 434-6, 475-80, 744-9
Thomas, J. H., 524, 526, 543-4, 680
Thompson, James, 36
Thompson, J. B., 181
Thompson, Colonel Perronet, 148
Thompson, William, 116, 162
Thorne, Will, 402, 497, 684
Thorneycroft, G. B., 734
Thornton, W. T., 272
Ticket-collectors, 504
Tildsley, John, 175
Tillett, B., 402-3, 406, 414, 501
_Times_, prosecution by the, 78-9
Tinplate Workers, 92, 431, 492;
Co-operative Production and, 336;
of Wolverhampton, 243;
strike of, 194-5
Tiverton, 33-5, 93;
woollen-workers of, 34, 35
Tolpuddle, 145
Tomlinson, 139
“Tommy Shops,” 89
Trade Boards, 647;
Acts, 475, 494-495, 686
Trade Disputes Act, 606-8, 686
Trade Disputes Commission, 605-6
Trade Union Act of 1913, 631-4, 687
Trade Union conditions, 637-43
Trade Union, definition of, 1;
and the wage-system, 1;
legal definition of, 617;
life, 444-71;
origin of term, 113
_Trades Advocate and Herald of Progress, The_, 211
Trades Councils, 242-9, 354-5, 453-7, 557-61, 685;
exclusion from Congress, 557;
federations of, 557;
in Labour Party, 557;
meetings in Municipal Buildings, 558
_Trades Journal, The_, 171, 208
_Trades’ Newspaper and Mechanics’ Weekly Journal, The_, 111
Trades Union Congress, 350, 358-375, 700, 738-40
Trafalgar Square, 386-8
Tramping, 451-2
Transport and General Workers’ Union, 472-3, 499, 656
Transport workers, 438-40;
in Ireland, 472-3
Trant, William, 3
Treasury Agreement, 637-8, 642
“Triple Alliance,” the, 516, 517
Trollope & Sons, 229, 328
Trow, Edward, 735
Truck, 50, 89, 371
Trusts, 675
Tucker, 268
Tuckwell, Miss Gertrude, 494
Tufnell, E. Carlton, 141
Turner, Ben, 480
Turner, William H., 5
Tyneside and National Labour Union, 439
Typographical Association, 181, 423, 437, 482.
_See also_ Compositors
Typographical Society, 692.
_See also_ Compositors
Unemployed agitation, 385, 387-8
Unemployment benefit, 644, 646
Unemployment, failure to prevent, 644;
prevention of, 696
_Union Pilot and Co-operative Intelligencer, The_, 124
Union of Post Office Workers, 508, 551.
_See also_ Post Office Employees
United Garment Workers’ Trade Union, 551.
_See also_ Tailors
United Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades, 258-9
United Signalmen and Pointsmen, 524, 531
United Textile Factory Operatives’ Association, 478
United Textile Factory Workers’ Association, 435, 478, 623
United Trades Association, 207
_United Trades’ Co-operative Journal, The_, 121
United.
_See_ Boilermakers, Brassworkers, Bricklayers, Coachmakers,
Curriers, Machine-workers, Patternmakers, Pilots, Plumbers,
Stonemasons, etc.
Unskilled Labourers.
_See_ General Workers
Unwin, George, vi, 5, 12, 18, 29, 30, 34
Upholsterers, 432-433;
Sewers’ Society (first women’s union), 336
Vehicular workers, 442
Verinder, F., 329
Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. P., 186
Vincent, Charles Bassett, 523
Vincent, J. E. Matthew, 329
Vogel, P., 684
_Voice of the People, The_, 117, 122-4
Wade, Rev. A. S., 147
Wage, a legal minimum in Gloucestershire, 50
Wage-System, relation of Trade Unions to the, 1
Wages in London in 1669, 21
Waiters’ Union, 684
Wakefield, cloth trade of, 35
Wakefield, E. G., 35, 61
Wakley, Thomas, 148, 171, 173, 186
Wallace, 106
Wallas, Professor Graham, vi, 32, 62, 89, 97, 175
Walton, A. A., 289
Wapping Society of Watermen, 11
War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry, 642
War Emergency Workers’ National Committee, 691
War Office and strike-breaking, 247, 332-3
War, Trade Unions during the, 636-649
Warde, Mark, 128
Wardle, G. T., 689, 695
Warehousemen, 442, 503-4
Warpdressers, 477
Waterguard Federation, 507
Watermen, London, 11, 14, 21
Watermen’s Protective Society, 11
Watson, Aaron, 181, 296, 511, 625
Watson, R. Spence, 339
Watts, Dr. John, 211
Weavers, an Act touching, 48, 50;
Paisley, 23.
_See also_ Cotton-weavers
Webb, J. J., 37
Weeks, Joseph D., 338
Weiler, Adam, 389-90
Wellington, Duke of, 145
Wemyss, Earl of, 253
West Bromwich Miners, 434
Whewell, 617
Whitbread, W., 68, 69
White, George, 40, 57, 61, 76, 77, 81, 89, 94, 100, 105, 251
Whitley Councils, 490, 646-8, 718
Widnes election, 699
Wilkinson, Rev. J. Frome, 128
Williams, John, 146
Williams, J., 387, 400
Williams, J. E., 526
Williams, R., 497, 500
Williamson, S., 393
Wilson, J., 511
Wilson, J. Havelock, 406, 665-6, 669-70, 682
Wilson, John, 680
Wiltshire, shearmen of, 144;
weavers of, 49;
woollen-weavers of, 65;
woollen-workers of, 49
Winters, Thomas, 195
Wisbech, shoemakers of, 3
Witanagemot, 20
Wolverhampton, 248, 259;
Building Trades Joint Committee, 308;
tinplate workers of, 243;
(strike), 194-5;
Trades Council, 399
Women Clerks and Secretaries, Association of, 505
Women in Engineering, 638, 642-3
Women in Trade Unionism, 335-6, 424, 426-7, 474, 494-7
Women’s Co-operative Guild, 497
Women’s Labour League, 497
Women’s Protective and Provident League, 336
Women’s Wages, 424, 642
Wood, G. H., 86, 308
Woods, Samuel, 362, 684
Woodsawyers, 18
Woolcombers, 36-7, 44-5, 90, 127, 436, 480
Woollen Cloth Weavers, Act of 1756, 50-51
Woollen Cloth Weavers, Fraternity of, 66
Woollen Workers, 40-41, 435-6;
of Yorkshire, 123, 125;
statistics of, 480
Woolstaplers, 37, 45, 83, 90, 178, 203;
London Society of, 203;
Old Amicable Society of, 37
Woolwich, 697
Worcester, Gild Ordinances of, 8;
Trades Council, 558
Workers’ Union, 498-9, 744
Working Men’s Association, 255, 298, 680
Working Rules, 228
Workmen’s Compensation Act, 364-6
Works Committee, 490, 647, 707, 716
Worsted manufacture, 36-7
Wright, Justice R. S., 68, 279, 362
Yearly bond; 44, 89, 169
Yeomen, 4, 5, 6
Yorkshire, clothiers of, 35-6, 67;
miners, 182, 301, 304-5, 349, 370, 433, 510-11, 522, 744
Young, Ralph, 340, 342
Young, Robert, 490
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