1903
Week 1 – January 2nd
Week 2 – January 9th
Industry and Commerce
The Evictions – Good Meal for 1500 Little Ones – Feeding the Hungry.
The Evictions – Dinner in the Evicted Miner’s Quarters – London Graphic
Day 1 – Eviction Orders Executed – Distressing Scenes – “Come along with mammy”
Day 2 – Rain Came Tumbling Down in Sheets – “Can you spare a Copper Sir?”
Day 3 – Considerable progress with the Work – Array of Empty Houses
Day 4 – Evictions Ended – 750 families ejected – Importation of Fresh Labour ?
Denaby Main Colliery
Denaby Notes – “Mammy where shall we go ?”
Eviction of Miners at Denaby – London Sphere
Evictions Pictures – Evictions at Denaby
Evictions Pictures – Cliff View
Evictions Pictures – Denaby Main
Evictions Pictures – Doncaster Road
Evictions Pictures – near the Denaby Main Hotel
Evictions Pictures – Police Removing Furniture
Evictions Pictures – Removing Furniture
Evictions – Removing his Goods on a Wheelbarrow
Evictions Pictures – Familes Outhouse Refuge
Eviction Pictures – Families in Goldthorpe Methodist Chapel
Evictions Pictures – Families in Primitive Methodist School
Evictions Pictures – Families in Small Pox Hospital
Eviction Pictures – Families off to seek a new Home
Evictions Pictures – Family in Methodist Chapel
Mass Meeting of the Men – Friday – Progress of the Struggle
Evictions Pictures – Miners Demonstration
Evictions Pictures – Meeting of Denaby Miners at Mexborough
Evictions Pictures – Police Protecting New Arrivals
Eviction Pictures – Miners Preparing for Demonstration
Evictions Pictures – W.H. Chambers
Evictions Pictures – Tent life in Doncaster Road
Evictions Pictures – Tent Life near Miner’s Inn
Evictions Pictures – Tent life of Evicted Miners
The Denaby Main Evictions – Sheffield Daily Telegraph (picture)
Evictions Pictures – Waiting for New Arrivals at Conisboro’ Station
Important Developments
Mass Meeting of the Men – Monday – Ready for the Ejectments – “Fight On Fight On.”
Sidelights of the Strike – Families Accomodated at Schools and Tithe Barn
The Evictions of 1885
Places
Conisbrough & Denaby – January 1903 – The Ejections – Precis
Denaby’s Christmas
Crime and Courts
Carrying Water on the Footpath at Conisborough
Bag Muck Strike and Denaby Evictions
Denaby and Cadeby miners – Special Appeal for Assistance.
Industry and Commerce
Final “Ultimatum” Issued by the Colliery Company.
New Years Gift – Notice of Ejectment
Sports
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Chesterfield Reserves 1
Denaby Utd – Sheffield United Reserve 4 Denaby 1
Denaby Utd – Denaby 3 Leicester Fosse Reserves 0
Industry and Commerce
Denaby & Cadeby Strike – Sensational Developments – Men Advised to Resume Work
Denaby & Cadeby Strike – 32nd Week of the Struggle
Denaby Strike Pay Decision
To Aid the Strikers – Meeting in Sheffield
Alleged Misappropriation of Strike Funds
Denaby Strike – Miners Demonstration (picture)
Mass Meeting of Men – Still Determined – Lords – Soup Kitchen
Thirty-Fourth Week of Struggle
Places
Ambulance Men Annual Dinner – Memories of the Cadeby Disaster
Another Case of Small-Pox at Mexborough
Conisboro’ School Board
Conisborough & Denaby – Precis – February 1903
Medical Officer’s Report
Crime and Courts
A Denaby Miner’s Whiskey
Begging Offence at Doncaster
Disorderly and Refusing to Quit
Misappropriation of Relief Funds – Miner Sent to Prison
A New Conisboro’ Woman Bound over for Assaulting Denaby Worker
Alleged Assault at Denaby
Extraordinary Conduct at Denaby
Sports
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Sheffield Wednesday Res 4
Denaby Utd – Denaby 3 Burton Reserves 2 – Wrecked by Gale
Denaby Utd – Denaby 0 Lincoln City Reserve 2
Midland League – Results to Date
People
Denaby Main Incident – Presentation to Brave Policemen
Industry and Commerce
The Fatality At Cadeby.
The Intimidation Cases at Leeds
A Quiet Day at Denaby
Alleged Intimidation – Further Prosecutions – Strike Leader Committed For Trial
Another Meeting Of The Men
Denaby & Cadeby Dispute -“Hour Glass” Running Down – Enthusiasm on the Wane
Denaby & Cadeby Strike – Over at Last! – 39 Weeks’ Struggle from Start to Finish
Mass Meeting of Strikers
Parliamentary Reference to Dispute – Board of Trade and Mediation
Strike Leaders at the Assizes – Intimidation Cases – Prisoners Bound Over
The Denaby Leaders’ Trial at Leeds Assizes (picture)
Conisboro’ Parish Council
Places
Marconigrams – Friday 20 March 1903
Crime and Courts
A Striker’s Language
Mysterious Fatality At Denaby – Verdict Of Suicide
Alleged Theft by a Denaby Striker
Assault on Pit Worker – Striker Sent to Prison
Sports
Denaby Utd – Denaby 2 Hinckley 3
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Walsall 0
Conisboro’ Cricket Club – Annual Meeting
Midland League – 30th March 1903
Denaby Utd – Whitwick 2 Denaby 0
People
Death of Mr. Eli Weston, of Denaby Main
Industry and Commerce
Denaby Co-operative Society – Effects of the Strike
The Hull Coal Trade – 30,000 Tons Decrease
Denaby Aftermath – 2,000 Men Now Working – Unemployed Anxious
Mass Meeting of Men Still Unemployed
Moving Back to their Homes
Sequel to the Denaby Strike – Melee in Doncaster Inn
The Intimidation Charges
Crime and Courts
Denaby Main Miner and His Wife
Assault Cases Adjourned
Bogus Detective at Doncaster
Denaby Compensation Claim – A Penny A Week
Denaby Miner’s Sovereign Bet
Good Friday Offences at Conisboro’
The Rabies Order.
Alleged Theft of a Watch at Denaby
Conisborough Miner Charged with Larceny
Dishonest Denaby Lads
A Disorderly Denaby Striker
A Violent Wath Miner at Denaby
Alleged Police Brutality – Denaby Striker’s Broken Arm
An Unprovoked Assault
Sports
Denaby Utd – Sheffield Wednesday Res 3 Denaby 0
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Doncaster Rovers Res 1
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Doncaster Rovers Reserve 1
Denaby Utd – Burton United Reserve 3 Denaby 0
Denaby Utd – Chesterfield Reserve 1 Denaby 0
Denaby Utd – Denaby 6 Worksop Town 1
Denaby & Cadeby Cricket Club – Annual Dinner
Denaby Colliery 42 Cadeby Colliery 112 for 8
Lighter Side of Football – “Bread” versus “Beef” at Conisboro’
Conisborough 45 Mexborough 101 for 6
Denaby and Cadeby 149 Hoyland Silkstone 56
Denaby Utd – Newark 2 Denaby 0
Midland League – Final Table
Denaby Utd – The Alleged Fracas at Newark.
People
Body Found in a Pond – Missing Since the Sixth Inst.
The Drowning Mystery at Denaby.
Two Men Shockingly Injured.
Death and Funeral of Mr. John Constantine, Denaby Main.
Industry and Commerce
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
Denaby Main Miners’ Dispute – What is to be done with them?
After the Strike – The Position at Denaby.
Denaby Unemployed – Distress Still Prevalent.
Denaby Unemployed – Nipsey Money Distributed.
Mexborough Trades Council. The Denaby Unemployed.
Places
Denaby’s Unemployed. An Insanitary Habitation.
Crime and Courts
Assault on a Denaby Worker.
Careless Denaby Colliers.
Drunk, Obscene & Rabies
Intimidation at Denaby- Trial at the Assizes – Accused Bound Over.
Miner’s Removal Without Notice.
Unsustained Charge Against a Denaby Trammer.
Alleged Assault on Denaby Colliers.
Magisterial Leniency Towards Denaby Miners.
Sports
Denaby & Cadeby – Denaby 115 for 5 Hickleton 132
Denaby Civilian Rifle Club.
Denaby Utd – Football Fracas at Newark – Denaby Players Assaulted.
Denaby & Cadeby – Mexborough 93 Denaby 25
Conisborough 60 Swinton 31
Rifle Shooting – Denaby Main R.C. 361 v. Barnsley R.C. 359
Mexboro’ and District League – Results up to date.
Swinton 107 for 6 Conisboro’ 105
Industry and Commerce
Crushed To Death – Buried Beneath Fall Of Roof – Thomas Musgrave
The Hull Coal Trade – Position Well Maintained
Unemployment in Denaby
600 Denaby Miners Still Out of Work – Increasing Poverty and Distress
Denaby Evictions – Libel Action Against a Manchester Newspaper
Places
Conisbrough & Denaby – June 1903 – Precis
Crime and Courts
Wife Desertion at Denaby
A Deserter At Denaby
Conisboro’ Motor Cyclist Fined
Damaging Growing Grass At Conisboro’
Denaby Miners And The Rabbits
Sewing Machine Transaction – Miner Sent to Gaol
Stones on the Line – Extraordinary Affair Near Doncaster
Denaby Miner’s Despicable Theft- Action by Colliery Company
Denaby Colliers’ Brutal Assault
Sports
Denaby & Cadeby Utd – Denaby 52 Tankersley 73
Wath Athletic 195 Conisborough 34
Denaby & Cadeby United – Denaby 87 White Lane 93 for 9
Denaby & Cadeby Utd – Denaby 106 for 3 Conisborough 103
Denaby United Football Club
Industry and Commerce
Denaby Co-operative Society
Accident at Cadeby Main
Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Co. v Yorkshire Miners’ Association
The Denaby Unemployed
Places
Conisbro’ Working Men’s Club
Conisbrough & Denaby – July 1903 – Precis
Marconigrams – 17th July 1903
Crime and Courts
Colliery Prosecutions from the Denaby Colliery
Colliery Regulations Broken at Denaby Main
Damaging Skylights & Slates at Denaby – Colliery Company Prosecutions
Obstructing the Highway at Conisboro’
Refusing to Quit at Denaby
Smart Capture at Conisboro’
Conisboro’ Youths Sent to Prison – Theft of Bicycles and Gold Watch
Denaby Miner Sent to Prison
Another Assault at Conisboro’
Sports
Denaby and Cadeby – Mexboro’ 78 Denaby 88 for 5
People
Buried In Bridal Gown
Serious Fire at Conisboro’
Industry and Commerce
Claim Against the Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company
Denaby Strike Sequel – Impending Action
Late Denaby and Cadeby Strike – False Position of Strike Leaders
Places
Conisborough & Denaby – August 1903 – Precis
Marconigrams – 21st August 1903
Saturday Night at Denaby Main
Crime and Courts
Another Case at Conisboro’
Drunk, Refusing to Quit, & Assault
Refusing to Quit the Denaby Main Hotel
Unsecured Bull at Conisboro’
A Denaby Assault
Assault at Cadeby Colliery
Assault at Conisboro’
Unlawful Wounding Case from Denaby
Sports
Denaby 78 for 7 dec. Swinton 40 for 5
Conisboro’ 117 for 6 Denaby 114 – Sensational Win by Conisboro’
Conisboro’s Great Achievement
Denaby & Cadeby – Wombwell Main 55 Denaby 145
People
Denaby Man in British Columbia
Places
Local Hospital Developments – Important Meetings at Mexboro’ and Denaby
Mass Meeting at Denaby – Resolve to Build Separate Accident Hospital
Marconigrams – 25th September 1903
Conisborough & Denaby – September 1903 – Precis
Typhoid Fever at Denaby
Crime and Courts
Arrears & Affiliation Order
Denaby Miner’s Trouble
Unhappy Married Life at Denaby – Persistent Cruelty
Conisbrough Miners’ Wanton Behaviour
Dangerous Practice at Conisboro’
Denaby Miners in Trouble
Drunk & Disorderly & Obscene Language
Neighbour’s Row at Denaby
Theft from a Doncaster Shop
Bad Conisboro’ Boy
Another Assault at Conisbrough
Assault at Denaby
Brutal Assault on Denaby Miner – Smart Punishment
Free Fight in a Train – A Denaby Carriage Full
Sports
Conisboro’ 85 Rawmarsh 89 for 2
Denaby Utd – Roundel 3 Denaby 0
Denaby Utd – Denaby 2 Barnsley Reserve 1
Denaby Utd – Gainsbrough Trin 0 Denaby 0
Denaby Utd – Gresley Rovers 3 Denaby 0
Denaby & Cadeby 36 Mitchell Main 55 for 4
Mexboro’ and District League – Final Table
Denaby Utd – English Cup – Mexborough Town 2 Denaby 0
People
Denaby Railway Disasters – Crossing Fatality – Two Inquests
Drowned In The Don
Industry and Commerce
Denaby Main Co-Operative Society, Limited
Fatal Accident at Cadeby – Man Killed by Descending Cage – Charlie Hanks
Fatal Accident – Man Killed By Descending Cage
Fatalities at Denaby & Cadeby – Three Men Lose Their Lives
21 Years’ Managing Director of Denaby & Cadeby Collieries (picture)
The Denaby Unemployed
Places
Mission Work Amongst Denaby Miners
New Hospital at Denaby Main
Conisboro’ Parent Fined
Conisborough & Denaby – October 1903 – Precis
Crime and Courts
Betting at Denaby Sports – Committee’s Defence
Boy’s Strange Freak At Doncaster
Conisboro’ Football Enthusiasts
Conisborough Man Fined
Echo Of The Denaby Strike
Poverty at Denaby
Assault At Conisboro’
Conisboro’ Pugilists
Sports
Denaby Utd – Misfortunes of the Denaby First Team.
Denaby Utd – Newark 1 Denaby 0
Denaby Utd – Shefield Wed Res 3 Denaby 0
Worksop 7 Denaby United 2
Denaby Utd – Denaby 3 Chesterfield Reserves
Thornhill 3 Denaby United 1
Midland League – October 27th 1903
People
Proposed Testimonial to Mr. Chambers
Industry and Commerce
Conisboro’ Convalescent Home Scheme
Smoking Concert for Mr. Wm. Cox
Places
Fullerton Hospital, Denaby Main.
Conisborough & Denaby – November 1903 – Precis
Crime and Courts
What Is a Home?
A Conisboro’ Mix-Up
An Echo Of The Denaby Strike
Bookmaker Committed
Conisboro’ Nuisance at Mexboro’
Conisboro’ Poachers
Denaby Striker’s Affairs
Education at Conisboro’.
Gross Cruelty to Pit Ponies – Mixed Penalties
The Firework Nuisance
Theft of Clothes at Conisboro’ – Mother and Daughter Charged
Assault at Sprotboro’
Street Riot at Denaby Main – Assault on Colliery Employees
Sports
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Newark 0
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Nottingham Forest Res 1
Denaby Utd – Football Lyrics – Denaby v Nottm Forest Res
Denaby Utd – A Black Day for Denaby
Denaby Utd – Sheffield Wednesday Reserves 9 Denaby 0
Denaby Utd – Sheffield United Reserves 2 Denaby 0
Industry and Commerce
Business “Coming-of-Age” at Denaby – Presentations from Workmen
The Denaby Settlement
The Hull Coal Trade – November Returns
Places
Denaby Orchestral Society
Primitive Methodist Bazaar at Conisborough
Christmas at Doncaster – Workhouse Unanimous Vote for Beer
Conisborough & Denaby – Precis – December 1903
Scene at Conisborough Meeting – Abuse of Chairman
“Jack” the Giant-Killer at Denaby
Crime and Courts
An Echo of the Denaby Strike
Sequel to a Denaby Elopement – An Extraordinary Story
Sunday Gambling at Conisboro’ and Mexboro’
Sports
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Derby County Res 1 – County Reserves v Denaby
100 Yards Race at Barnsley
Denaby Utd – Doncaster Rovers 1 Denaby 1
Denaby Utd – Doncaster Rovers 1 Denaby 1 – In Thick Fog
Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Sheffield Wednesday Res 1
Denaby Utd – Hinckley 2 Denaby 0
Midland League – Results up to date
Denaby Utd – Barnsley Res 2 Denaby 3 – Denaby Win at Oakwell
Places
Conisboro’ School Board
Denaby Hospital Meeting – Costs Up – 3,000 Accidents at Pit in 1937
Industry and Commerce