1885
Startling Conditions – Overcrowding and Infection
Conisboro’ Parish Church – Christmas and New Year Services
Conisboro’ Wesleyan Sunday School – Annual Tea and Soiree
Outbreak of Smallpox at Denaby
The Fruits of Leaving the Teetotal Band
Dispute Cause – Proposed Revision of Price at Denaby Main Colliery – Men given Notice
Dispute Week 1 – Meeting with W.H. Chambers
Industry and Commerce
Dispute Week 1 – Bringing Out the Tools
Dispute Week 1- The Strike Begins
Dispute Week 2 – Distress amongs Miners
Dispute Week 2 – Employers View – Colliery Guardian
Dispute Week 3 – Distress from Cold, Hunger and Disease
Dispute Week 3 – Impending Evictions – Outbreak of Smallpox
Dispute Week 3 – Letter from Pope – Delegation to meet
Dispute Week 3 – Unsuccessful Attempt To Settle The Difficulty
Dispute Week 4 – Meeting of Miners – Nothing more to add
Dispute Week 5 – Latest News
Dispute Week 5 – Miners Weeting – Distribution of Bread – Black Sheep – Small Pox
Setting Fire to a Stack
Denaby Collier Enjoying Himself
Denaby Miners and the Doncaster Corporation – Guildhall Refused
Entertainment for Cricket Club at Conisbrough
Highway offence
Dispute 06 – February 6th – More Smallpox Cases
Dispute 07 – February 13th – Dispute into Sixth Week
Dispute 09 – February 27th – Meeting & Calculation of Proposed Reduction
Denaby Utd – Lincoln 0 Denaby Utd 2
Doughty Denaby
Dispute – March 6th – Dispute now 2 Months – Attempt to Re Open Pit
Dispute – March 13th – Ejection Notices Issued
Dispute – March 13th – Meeting with Buckingham Pope
Dispute – March 20th – Application for Ejectment Orders
Dispute – March 20th – Alleged intimidation by Denaby Miners
Dispute – March 20th – Ejectment Orders
Dispute – March 27th – Expected Encampment Of Ejected Families
Dispute – March 27th – Alleged Intimidation at Denaby Main (2)
Industry and Commerce
Dispute – Alleged Intimidation at Denaby Main (1)
Interesting Presentation at Conisbrough – Mr Shutt
Dispute – April 3rd – Miners Meeting – Dispute with Mr Chappell
Dispute – April 10th – Ministers Distress
Dispute – April 10th – 50 Families Evicted
Dispute – April 17th – 700 Persons Turned Out
Dispute – April 17th – The Aftermath
Dispute – April 24th – Decision to Join Barnsley Association – Stormy Meeting
Dispute – April 24th – Denaby Curate relieves Distress
Dispute – April 24th – Great distress among the Miners
Dispute – April 24th – Meeting with Mr Chambers – Strangers to Start Work
Dispute – April 24th – Mr Chappell answers the Charges
Dispute – April 24th – Miners Demonstration at Brampton Bierlow
Dispute – May 1st – Arrival of New Workmen – Unprecedented Scenes
Dispute – May 1st – Exciting Scenes – Arrival of New Workmen
Dispute – May 8th – Great Distress amongst Families
Dispute – May 8th – No Black Sheep – More Distress
Dispute – May 8th – Question in the Commons
Dispute – May 8th – Sad Scene – More Evictions – The Encampment
Dispute – May 15th a – Arrival of New Workmen
Dispute – May 15th b – Looking after the new Workmen
Dispute – May 15th d – Summonses issued for Compelling
Dispute – May 15th e – Deputation Requested
Dispute – May 15th f – Rev T.J. Leslie – Barnsley Association
Dispute – May 15th g – Fresh Batch of Workmen
Dispute – May 15th c – Buckingham Pope in the Daily Telegraph and replies
Dispute – May 15th i – Mr Leslie and the Rotherham Bench
Dispute – May 22nd a – Delegation meets with Mr Pope
Dispute – May 22nd b – Refusal of Employers Terms
Dispute – May 22nd c – More Cornish Workmen
Dispute – May 22nd d – Scene on the River Don
Dispute – May 22nd d – An offer from Mr Pope
Dispute – May 22nd e – Address by Benjamin Pickard
Dispute – May 22nd f – House of Commons question
Dispute – May 22nd g – Probable Closing of the Colliery
Dispute – May 22nd h – The Men and the Proposed Closure
Dispute – May 22nd i – Reply from Mr Burt
Dispute – May 22nd j -Excitement At Denaby – More new Workmen
Dispute – May 22nd k – Rev T.J.Leslie’s Work Continues
Dispute – May 29th a – The Cornishmen go back
Dispute – May 29th b – Another Interview with the Manager
Dispute – May 29th c – Threatened Collapse Of Negotiations
Dispute – May – Correspondance – They all have a say
Denaby Mans Accident to his Skull
Doing Damage to a Wheat field
Drunk and Disorderly at Conisbrough
Game Trespass
Horses Astray
Keeping a Dog without a Licence
Novel Felony – Boy Drank Milk from Cow
Theft of Milk at Conisborough
Whit Monday Procession at Denaby
Dispute – June 5th – Decision to close Pit
Dispute – June 5th – Meeting of the Topmen
Dispute – June 12th – Alleged Intimidation
Dispute – June 12th – Sale of Pit Ponies
Dispute – June 12th – The Relief Fund for the Distressed Families at Denaby Main
Dispute – June 19th – Colliery still recruiting – Ponies out to Grass
Dispute – June 26th – Mexborough Feast – Arrival of new Workmen
Dispute – June 26th – Return of the Staffordshire Men
Conisbrough Assault on the Police
Conisborough Castle – Ecroyd Smith
Conisbrough Feast and its Visitors
Defrauding the Railway Company
Denaby Main Drunkenness
Dispute – July 3rd – New Terms offered by Men
Dispute – July 10th – Arrival of more Staffordshire Men
Dispute – July 10th – Commencement of Disturbances
Dispute – July 17th – Battle of Denaby Main – Desperate Fight – Revolver Shots
Dispute – July 17th – Retreat of the Staffordshire Men
Dispute – July 17th – Gathering of Denaby Main and Staffordshire Miners
Dispute – July 17th – More New Hands – Men Return to Work
Dispute – July 17th – The Disturbances At Denaby Main.
Dispute – July 17th – Rake & Pan system
Dispute – July 17th – Support for Grievances – House of Lord’s Condemnation
Dispute – July 24th – The Riotous Proceedings at Denaby Main
Dispute – July 24th – The Recent Riot at Denaby Main
Dispute – July 24th – Return to Work – History of the Lock Out
Dispute – July 31st – Pit slowly returning to Normal
Dispute – July 31st – The Great Distress of the Evicted Miners at Denaby
A Loving Couple
Alleged Attempted Murder at Sprotborough
Alleged Discovery of Dynamite at Denaby Main
Conisborough Flower Show
Drunkedness
Horses Straying on the Highway
Staffordshire Man in Trouble at Denaby
Unprovoked and Cowardly Assault
Dispute – August 7 – Arrival Of Staffordshire Men
Dispute – August 14 – Meeting of the Denaby Main Miners – Mr Pickard on the situation
Dispute – August 14 – Mr Chappell Intervenes
Dispute – August 14 – Riots at Denaby Main
Dispute – August 28 – Mr Chappell and the Denaby Miners
Dispute – August 28 – Work at Another Colliery
Damaging Growing Grass
Denaby Main Sunday School Anniversary
Drunkenness – A Stranger Taken in – Drunk on the Highway
Game Trespass – 24 Previous Convictions
Strangers in Doncaster – “Knob sticks” in Trouble
Knocked Insensible Collecting Mushrooms – A Serious Mistake
Quarrels of Denaby Miners – Arguments with Strangers
Two Imposters get Hard Labour
Dispute – Mr Chappell and the South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Miners Association
Dispute – Mr Pickard on the Situation – Miners Meeting at Mexborough
Embezzlement by Servant
Another Wanderer at Denaby
Conisborough Reading Room
Conisborough School Board – New Girl’s Mistress – Tenders for Partition Wall
Conisborough Wesleyan Chapel Anniversary
Cruelly Ill-Treating a Pony
Floods in South Yorkshire
Inquest at Clifton – Man on Horseback Dies
Man Shot at by a Boy Near Conisborough
Mischievous Boys at Denaby
Mr W. S. Shelley, Doncaster Liberal Candidate
Denaby Main – Mexborough Victoria 2 Denaby 5
Alleged Illegal Sale of Fireworks at Conisborough
Alleged Theft of a Tub at Denaby Main
Conisborough School Board – Apology from Liberal Chairman
Conservative Address by the Honourable A.E.G. Hardy – Disorderly Proceedings (picture)
Crowther’s Consulting Chemist
Curious Speech at Conisborough
Licence Offence at Conisborough
Meeting of the Denaby Main Miners last Night
Strike Imminent for Miners of Yorkshire
Unforgiving Neighbour
Crime and Courts