A History of the Scottish Miners from the Earliest Times

A. J. Cook Abe Moffat accepted action agreed agreement Alexander McDonald amongst Annual Conference Association Ayrshire ballot vote Blantyre branches Britain British miners called carried cent Chairman Chartist Chisholm Robertson Clackmannan claim Coal Board coal-owners Colliery Conciliation Board county union Cowdenbeath crisis decided decision delegates demand dispute district East Lothian elected employers Executive Committee Federation Fife fight Free Colliers French miners Glasgow held increase July June Keir Hardie Labour Government Labour Party Lanarkshire later leaders lock-out Lothian lower-paid workers Lumphinnans M.F.G.B. Executive matter McDonald meeting ment Mines Act Mineworkers minimum wage mining industry months National Coal Board National Union nationalisation negotiations October officials organisation owners Parliament pits President proposals question reduction refused representatives resolution Robert Smillie Scotland Scots Scottish Area Scottish coal-field Scottish Executive Scottish miners Secretary Special Conference strike strike action struggle tion trade union unanimously underground week