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The history of the Yorkshire miners, 1881-1918

Title: The history of the Yorkshire miners, 1881-1918 / Carolyn Baylies.
Author: Baylies, Carolyn L. (Carolyn Louise), 1947-
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

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Description

xiv, 521 pages; 25 cm

Summary

This detailed social history is concerned with the workers in the Yorkshire coal industry, their union, and the broader mining communities in which they lived from the formation of the Yorkshire Miners Association in 1881 through the end of the First World War. The period covered is of considerable importance for the consolidation of the Yorkshire Miners Union, and indeed for the building of a national miners federation and an international miners' organisation, in both of which the role of Yorkshire's leadership was central. The decades straddling the turn of the century were characterised by volatility in the mining industry, which was reflected in a number of strikes. This was also the period during which the eight-hour day was established, the issue of the minimum wage was fought out, and the miners turned toward affiliation with the Labour Party. Towards the end of the period, the union made its contribution to the war effort. Carolyn Baylies traces these general processes and focuses in detail upon a number of episodes during which union struggles and community involvement coalesced. She explores the dynamic between district and local levels of the union, and the tensions that accompanied a progressive rationalization of bargaining machinery. While primarily tracing the fortunes and stance of the union, she also situates these in broader accounts of the development of mining communities and of the labour movement.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Opening Out of the Yorkshire Coalfield -- 2. Community and Combination -- 3. The Yorkshire Miners' Association During the 1880s -- 4. Testing -- 1893 -- 5. Federation Activities and Operations of the Conciliation Board, 1894-1906 -- 6. Worker Solidarity and the Eight-Hour Day -- 7. The Union at Branch and District Levels; Grievances and Industrial Action -- 8. Scope of Union Membership -- 9. Politics and the YMA -- The Barnsley By-Election of 1897 -- 10. The Yorkshire Coalfield after 1900 -- Opening Up of the Doncaster Area -- 11. Denaby-Cadeby Strike of 1902 and Ensuing Legal Action -- 12. Evolving Union Policies and Politics -- Hemsworth Dispute, 1906 -- 13. The Minimum Wage Strike -- Operation of the Minimum Wage Act -- 14. The YMA During the War -- 15. Towards an Industrial Union.

ISBN

0415093597
9780415093590
9780203168233
0203168232

LCCN

92038842

OCLC

ocm27012046
27012046
SCSB-1990033

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library