After the Strike.

The Position at Denaby.

Although some weeks have now elapsed since the strike of the miners at Denaby and Cadeby terminated, work has not been found for the whole of the hands, and it is estimated that there are fully 700 men and boys still out of employment. Consequently distress and poverty prevail in many homes in the district. Strong efforts are being made to secure funds to help the sufferers, and the local committee were last week able to distribute 7s. 6d. per head. It has been further decided to circulate the list of the Derbyshire miners, asking for support for the ex-miners of Denaby and Cadeby now out of work.

Almost all the houses at Denaby Main and New Conisbro’, are now re-inhabited, and two miles of sidings so long filled with unused empty wagons are now a daily scene of bustling activity as the train loads of the mineral leave the pits to their various destinations. At both pits almost the full working strength is attained, and new hands are hourly enrolled on the company’s books. It is stated that 1,500 tons of coal per day are being drawn from the old pit at Denaby, whilst the new tonnage at Cadeby is said to be considerably heavier.

Notwithstanding that notice to quit has been served on the tent dwellers in the vicinity of Sparrow Barracks, at Mexbro’, a plot of land which has been inhabited since the Denaby evictions, the wretched-looking encampment still remains. It is understood that steps will be taken by the local sanitary authority to compel the parties to vacate immediately. The families who have for so many months found a home at the Primitive Methodist Chapels at Goldthorpe and Denaby have now found better and healthier quarters, and it is understood that £40 has been voted to the Rev. J. Wilson, from the Yorkshire Miners’ Association, to defray the cost of cleaning and renovating, rendered necessary by the occupancy of so many families huddled together.