Strikes & Stoppages at Denaby

October 1902

Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 03 October 1902

Strikes & Stoppages at Denaby

The following is a list of stoppages and strikes at Denaby since 1869:

March to September, 1869.

May to June, 1675.

December (three weeks), 1875.

March, 1877.

October 3rd, 1878, to January 12th, 1879.

December 18th, 1880, to January 28th, 1881. The G.C.Railway refuse to carry coal. This

Boys strike, July 21st, 1881, to 24th

December 31st, 1884, to August 12th. 1885.

Fillers strike. 1886, three days.

Boys strike, June 6 and 7, 1889.

Fire at Colliery, Christmas, 1887, to Feb., 1888.

Miners’ March 12, to March 19, 1892.

General lock-out July 28th, to November 17th. 1893.

Top men strike from October 23rd, to November 25th, 1895.

July 30th, 1902, present strike.