Diary - C ( 8 april 1894 - 11 april 1899) by Josiah Cocking

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fromW,Q,B; (Goulb e aId to a recent reques$
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rtl)1ll'st tIlt plr~fltlrl' of till.' romp-emf of
J cl~~n. sharp Impression. ; g ve i) .!\llI~,
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I ,~e,-Ink and re-Ink. ' • c,;.,9n ·my 'm~chlne, so
at tIll' ~HarrhtHl' (If tJreir ~auBl!ter I Ve used Wlttel'lJ)ltn' Id' I ,','
Ing Ink. plus ,It little gfycer~~e ~e~flack wrlt
used rUbber-stamp ink' plus glyc I so, I have
c!\udillC ~'~Icb"~bo~'n j~\,am d adI~ e aodf asnoimlienwe h'ebrlea c~trh dartS ~oI ;~~' ~.ha r~ >1
, on8 are originally' treated Ith swat
to chemist to ma.ke It little' of th: Ink ~nd" gaLa "
a",cost Of 1/-; But th ' I t or me:at
used Is :tlektogra- h inke a e~t ,'dope, ,r, ha-ve
QInptnht l$rnmfuel1 ~Uat~ comes from the tattle' 4 applIed neat :a5' dt
ab~ut, %02" 'e')pugh to' re~~e tide bottle, ~oIdlng
~~ "~~CJ~~1d t~' r;,~ that hekto;:':~'~ l~{~~l~i
in tI).e ~ul(lutio1t J\rmu ~ull, it's guaranteed to l~~, It has 'body' all':rlg'i:.
: wi.~h the hektogra~h." 60 good blue-blaCk: caple;
ij]:islje's ~iII, on "; the I rialp>pbolyn twheh edno pWe Owunidt h O~, stt iff b'r nsh all, ov•e r
'" IVlllg lIat That I th a one spool' an<f
' :the ' ribboi, Is paln"ted e whOle of, 9ne 'edge' of
;§nh.tr~tt~, 3Jtt,tt-uar~ lsi, 1938, next mo, ruing the dope II paint ,. . all nlgllt; ". and
( rl~?on faU'ly evenly all :b~ w'!..rkcd Into.' the. .:
I send you tI! ' I ' 10Ug .. " bJ, e',
, worth, as'a hel '\ on y for what' It ,111ay
at 3 p.m. have been askin~ h~w~or,eOl,lC who ~CCl11S to'
. l'lbbon.' a ,evlve a, .dried-up
"r toW bee fev,eHr.y Jh,Hel:p.'f Uthl at TyoIUl r .k'l ll f orm..a tion' Is.·,. l.i.k.e ly Ij:;
ROd Qalnford's ". Mu I anI yoU, V.' e,r y much. Iv'
has brought to radio ~;: 10Svc:~P~POk,.. which
tel' of Granter. p<:>rtrayed b tGh old charac_ ~
~>{ecrpti(lll at I' ROd himself is heard! y e, Inimitable
I day eVening 'at 9.30.-(Ac{~t~ 2U~ eyer¥a\l~
lilriunu:\! 1lir~ll,
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"Empire'Day was celebrated in the And brutal bands' i'anilex'; th~ lands·
:I usual fashion yesterday by Union· Of those"they kill andplurl.der~,
Jack-waving children."-Daily pap.er, 'f.,).
25/~P38.' :l)f;n't mention tr/l.mps,norp/l.uper·
,.'¢$ps ...
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Yes, let the!ll<wag Devoid of "bread and butter,
flag; Nor paltry doles in shacks and holes
And teu them 'jingo stories Beneath the flags, that flutter.
:Of Nelson, ·Blak~.· ,boici "Bobs" and
.. DraJ.te, ." . Arid. doD.'d·eveal that those who steal,
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Of battles and their "glories." ·.At bay'net point demanding
.The f~rtile fields each yictim,yields. j
~ela,te :l1ow Clive began to thrive ,: Keep empireFl still expanding. .
.... Hy,Iriurder, theft· alld pillage, .,
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Arid:gatnered gold in heaps untold 'Yoti tlius'!llay blind the youthful mind '.
From conquered to?,n and village. ' " . And :make some workers willing i
To take a gun and madly run
'hescribe the trips. of SI~Ughter.shiPs i . To doJheii: masters' killing.
V ·Th.~t :crossed .the hot equator,
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:An.d/.conquered lands on foreign Yet time will come .'wpen moh'l. than
" strands; some ,
To;make the empire greater. ,shall cease to'be the'stopp~rs <..$..~/
; .';" ,: ::~ . . ' , O f steelsahd leads to savethe'heads
Recallw':i~ pddehow navies'ride i Of', drones who wear,bell~toppers." ;
;i;r~he\:oc'ean~s billo.ws, s,wollen, . r '" .'
~d neversleep"but guard and keel?, Then"wide-awake, the slaveswiu~aie
! .. j;,;;'l,'he lands s,!-bdll!3d. and: st?len. ,);<,. ' The earth, and Hveas brotherll '.
i .. ' .~ ,. ,. ".' . '",,..' ':, ,," tA{worh;andplay, and' cease. to'sla,., "'t
I Let children ki:t9w, that enipiresgrow' ., , In, stupid . wars' for others. ,'. 1 .1
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L..~. _, When cannoIl's'fi,ash and thunde~~ :" \ -:-"Taraxacum."
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_,ooIltinu.ed -from- .. ~at .Ap.~ l?th.,. .1:8.94 in,my diary from the 18th of
)iar, ~a-95to April 11th, 1894, page 80. <:' '1I
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I printed. 70op1'e8 of the ca.rd., 1 of Tom Stepney, & 1 of
S1ater..Jaek worked, to-{\.ay. Charlie came home th:La evening
from Newoastle. •
Rai~·weather
. Sun. Ap. ,8th, 1894. I went over to Tyldesley?s house this mo~ni 6"
Dharl1e Vial, .1ohn Robinson, [ave Watkins, Hugh de Largie'l
&~:saw
& Henry Ttldesley there. At my request Henry read aloud the last
ohapter of Work & Wages", by-.Lord Braasey. After the meeting I
went with de Largie to his house .& got a copy 0( the eleotoral. .I
roll, & a book on the Ranan Catholic- religion. 1 n the evening .";)
I 'tiried. to get 'a oopY of the "1l1.ily Telegraph" at Bill Lochri n ,'J
's shop, .but oould not. I' met· iJ!atkins & de Larg1e at the 1'&11- .';
way orossing, &we agreed to go up ·to Tyldesley.'s house. On ,'~;
the way .. upI paid the dispenser in Blaokall &'Hunt's the 4d. 1
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owed for ascetio aOid. We stayed. at Tyldesley's abot ro min-;
utes, ,.& then went .h~e. Fine w e a t h e r . '
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Mon. Ap. 9th, 1894. Bob & 1 started ~o work this morning in ';:,',
bord. 10i olose to· the travelling road, & not far, from the mo- >;,
uth .of the tunnel. The .top is very sticky, but to ":J
wemanage~
fill .. 8 skips of coal. Our new croasmates -4Vatty .&' J 1m ftooertson;:
-~.started,to work in a 6 yard bord next to ours. Fine weather. (
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Tu. Ap. 10 the- , 1894. We filled. 9 skips of ooal. to~ay tho.ij
it -was ham to get. Jack Leman 1s wheeling from us. Th!S eve - ';\
ning Rob, "lohn. Robinson , & I rode in our cart to Yinni with_.)
Lave Watkins who. was aSked to deliver a speeoh to help the L.'.l
E •.L eague •. Qa.ve made a good speecb.""'from the balconY of a pub, :;. ,;
was very attentively listened to. We took Charlie Vial. baok
>;11th.us •. ,Brother Jaok work\d to d.ay.
w~~. Ap. Ilth~ 1894. We are idle to-day.· Brother Bob, J1~ RO'be*·Aj
r¥o'n,.& Sam uean went fishing & oaught som big fishes. I wrote .~
. 'soDfemore of my pamphlet "Hard Manual Labour: Its Cause & :
Cu.re"._I also attended the' Committee meeting at Tyldesleyts'
~ou\s,e . thi s -ev: e !;j, ng • '
Th,i'r. Ap. 12th, 1894. Wallsend colliery worked & we filled 10
, of big ooal. As· the seam of ooal in our boml is high we had >"/1
the. stand of. our boring .machine lengthened; but as it was then 1D..... ;':~~1
,~o~ ~OI1i we had to get it out again., ;~:~If)~
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Fri. Ap. 13th, 1894. We all work . ,& Bob & I. fi;L,lei\':;.'r1~;
~:k~; ~~ ~~~~~J'~ire:~~t~~a~i!R.~~::ru~~ ~~~1t~:~~~;;~~~!
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asked him how he was doire. lie said he was not doiDi wei'l as /'
he work~ in ~' '~a:rd bom, &: :hew~s, ~ot Vlell. 'I replied, til am
glad to liea,r tnat ! ". He' said,,"Why;. Joe, 'why do you say that: ,
!,hat have '"I done to you '?~,":Nothi:~" I sa~d; 'but when you are .,
a member, of:parliamel?-t', whioh you' Viol LL be'; this painful exper
:ience of yours wil.l make you remelllber the slaves you have left
behind. in the pit ~ .. 011::11'3 s~idi' r f ,it is ever 'my lv-ok to
get' to 'Parliament' (which'; 'of 'course,i t" never'_ will' be) 1 will
never' forget the ladder by which 1 olimbed" out Of the pit ".
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was
pob took up our pay, which ,£7 ~-l after all' eA"Penees were
4'$
psi d. J a.ck~ 6, pay ~s t '3 -12.;.0. 'I.d. z...:Jan., is "sufferi.:ngwi th neu - )
ralgia. ,Mr • Douglas , leader 'of tue Acftive Service Brigade ,spoke
in W~llsem. thiseyeni~;.; I ,wrote a little more of my pamphlet
on Hard 1vlanual Laoour. Rai nth1s ev:eniilg., ,
Pay Sat.' :Ape 14th, ,1~,94. T~if? ~oriu'ng ~,Qb~Jack,Bill.Steen &
I rode in our cart to r~anlbton, wherEJ Bob & Bill got out I &:
Jack & I rode on to' Newcastl e. \ye _" vent ,t 0 Wi thersp Cion I s shop; &
1 waited u~til .1ac~ paid the bill, wlien we rode up to Knaggs IS
shop, where L bought an ounce of bichloride of mercury for 1 /,~.,
&a. small glass tube for 30. .• We"alfJo we:l;lt to Fairless' ,book shop
& bought, 4 books. 9,l1e was" enti tied nM;n:~ralogylt, (-3d ).' The- 1_ _
second is. enti tIed. '~uali tati ve Ohemical' Analysi.,s ", 'by Beilstein. "
The third ,is called Eleotro'type Mailipulation" by Char1,es V.
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Walker; & the 4th is "Half Hours of Scientific' .lUllUSement • .
On the way:hane we stopped at Lambton& heard a, debate 'oetwwel'l
'RichardSleath, of, Broken Hill, & Ninian Melville" on the Bro
kanHill l=ltrike .• ¥elv1.1le is alleged. to have said in parliament
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that if, Sleath had said somethi ng he 'should be put where his ton-
gue should be very quiet".. .' ,
Sleath spoke first , &::wa,s listened: to by the very crowd
la~ge
present. Then Ninny spoke, but he was so loudly & conti,nuously
hooted & booed that what he said was inaudible in the uproar.
21 eat:'. '~'eplied in thene~tten minutes. &' 11el ville spoke for 10
minutes in conclusion.
Fergie Reid moved. 'that' a vote be taken to 'see who had. won. ThG
vote was accordingly taken, & the majority favoured Sleath •. ,
There ,was a collection taken at the park to pay. 61eath's
~ates
expenses incoming from Broken Hill. I asked Sleath .if he inten
ded. to give us a speech at Wallsend.; & he said "Yes, I will, come 1
on Monday" • ..
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Jack & I bought acopy_Of"'rhe l~ew Order 'of W.M~ Hughes. '~,I got jf.
'110m Stepney to bend.,:3· glasstubea for me. At night 1 heard. Alb-
ert Card, the ,single T.ax to the electors • .
~dvocate.,speak
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Sm. Ap. 15th, 1894. This morning I went over to Tyldesley's
h,o,use & saw Ro·oinso,n .. Via.l., flill F_ters" & Tyldeslrey.. Watkins
came afterwards, with young rave Lewis whose ,father keeps the J
pub at the tram term1nus .. We'went into a big room &--held a-
'til-ken, . .
-:rpompson,
-the Miners' Association. result of the
,"ballot -wag as follows :-Mr.J. Thompson,
:.lII; J\fr.T, Green, 15; Mr. Evans,.» •. It
• Will be teen by the figllres thap the league in_
-the electorate is not very strong in numbers
only 131 votes being recorded. .
On Moaday night the Adamstown branch
of the league will meet for the purpose of de
ciding whether it is advisable to make are
seleotion for Kahibah, 01' stand by the selec-
tionofMr~.E~dd~e~n~. ___________ _

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sub -commi ttee meeting of tho Labour. Electoral League. We'
decided. to invite .speakers from the vari leagues in the
QUG
district to. assist us to celebrate the first of Mayas fJab-·
our llly .• W~ then ,.. drafted resolutions f or the speakers to sp
aU. on·I ·&I wrote.tllis:-"That we, the electors of the '1~'al­
ls.end. electorate, pledge ourselves t.o sink all petty differ
ences that may exist among us, & make a ur.i ted effort to se
cure the direct representation of Labour in the
forthcomir~
parliament.of N.B.W.". '.1:11.i6 wasamenied (~adopted, & was
oalled. . the number 2 Resolution. The first is the resolution 1'e
making May lat Labour ray a public holiday in this colony.
1. . paid 6d to the. League :'un'. . 0:1 the way home I went wi th
Dave. to·dootor Nash's surgery.t as Clive t boy ::'s suffering
£)
wi th an ulcerated ,nose. I gave Tor:l .Stepney an advertisment to
send to the "Hewoastle Miners Advooate "in time for insertion
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to-:morrow , announcing that Mr. Riohard Sleath will address
the electors. of Wallsen1 & Plattsbu rg to~orrov"-ntght at
"(~30, from.J. Lewis t Lemon Clrove hote.l. 1 gave Tom 2 I, to
pay for the; advertisement.
1 read the book, . "Electrotype Manipulation" this evenillg.
Hai ny. weather. .
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Mon. Ap. 16th, 1894. We all worked to-day. Bob & I filled 7
skips of coal. 'l'll.is evening Bicham Slearh spoke .on the fJab
Qur,party&.the Labour Leagues. John Robinson ,cha.irman,
i ntroducedthe speak.er, who was well received. He spoke for
about an hour OIl Labour league matters I during which Fergie
Reid went through the audience selling the little paper cal
led "The New Orderlt. cave Watkins b.riefly moved 1I'.rhat a vote
ir of _t hanks be gi ven' to 1J.r. Slea th for hi s add.ress." Jack Es-
~ tell seconded the motion, which was carried almost unanimously'
:.:.' by acclamation. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed tho
li maetir.g ... Bright moonlight.
~ 1 .gave Tom Stepney 19 oarbons, some pyrogallic acid & lent
/:him the book entitled "'lUectncal Instrume nt Making For Amat-
1'6urs"; & llanded him 4 zinc rod.s to amalgamate for roe. I gave
,lim Robertson 5 drachms. of bi chloride of mercury.
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; Tu. Ap. 17 thJ. 1894. 'tallser;. 0. ';ro:rkecl.We filled 7 skips of coal.
,. Jaok worked. There was a Labour League meeting this evel1ing at
the Meohamcs' Institute. Fine weather.
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Wed. Ap. 18th, 1894. ~ob & I filled 11 skips of big coal.
Brother Jack worked. Bob has gone to the lantern at
r~b.earaal
this evening to sing a service of song
theBapt18t.oha~el i~
called. "Eva ". VJa:'t" (-young Tom Bousefield ) measured six yards
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of cut-thrwgh'for'us, but he would not put in any for, our
crossmates beoause they made their bord too wide by four feet.
Fine weather.
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Fr.i.. Ap. roth" 1.394. Wallsend wOl"'k~d ~o-iay & finLahed'fo=r
the week. We Iilled ten sk;1ps of coal. Jack also worked.
Bob, Bill Steen, Jim Robert'son, & anothet' went up the river
this evening. l!'ine weather.
Sat. Ap. 2l-st, 1894. This evening 1 took 'rigel' over to t.:ave
T
Renfrew & gut a shoe. put on him. I put him in the cart & took
him over to the road by doctor Bean's house. I waited there
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for ~vellWatk1ns Bel/others. De Largie came first,. but, went to
get tne New Order • He soon returned vd. th Watkins & Vial, <1
we drove to Pitto:;m Be got ,John Robinson, & wet to Young Wal
lsem, where dave spoke to a meeting of 20 men. Pat Welch was
the cnairman. We then rode to West Wallseni, where we found
Albert Card speaking. After Card had finished rave began his
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speech Be was' weJl received. He sp eke about an hour, & was
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gi ven a hearty vote of thunks. Vie had. a talk with sOrtle of th.e
prominent men of the town, among them being .David Emery,
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John Lf3\?ch, Be E.J .Bowling (Peter! 6 brother who writes good r
poetry). It was pretty late when we started for home, but
. 1]re had good moonlight & got along well. We s.tayed a few min
utes outside of the Young Wallaend pub" 8; reached home half
:past midnight.
Sun.Ap. 2200,1894:. 1 went to TyldesleY'sthismornil'l&, as 'j
usual, & attended a meeting of the L.E. League wlhBi.c, h me~ for
thep'irpose of a.rranging a program for the May cel ebratioll
Those present war\) Vial" peters,! Watkins,& 1'yldesley. • We drew
up a program, which is subj ect ,,0 revision b'y cave, Bill Pet "11.'
ers, Be Bill Watkins. 1 got a copy of "The New Ord.er 1/ from
Charlie Vial who is the agent for it in Wallsend. I lent lave
my.little book entitled ItDon't", & "our present parliament ".
Clear weather.
Mo~. Ap. Z3rd, 1894. Wallsen1 worked. We filled 10 SkiPS. of c~
&"
1. Jack rode vO Newcastle this morniDgby tram to get butter
at Witherspoon's big book at Fairless enti tIed "Labour ,
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Machinery Statistics', for 3/6. M1nmi,where Jack works,worked
only half ~ day. Bridget Price is helping 3i ster to do o'ur
housework. Our tonnage is 'l/I skips at 9-3, = 37 tons 10. CV'lts.
Also one of small coal. Fine weather.
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Tu.Ap. 24th, 1894. WallseIld & Minmi pits worked again, &
Bob & I filled 12 skips of b:l.~' coal. Bridget Price is :here
. still. I lent Jim Robertson, The Rights Of Man"" by Thomas
paine.
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Wed. Ap. 25th, 1894.Nine skips of coal was our output to-<lay.
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SomeoIle ~tcle 3 plUgs of our. powder_l~st nL~ht. Minmi worked,
& a miner was hurt very ·ba~lY. Jim xooertao gave me some
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5 .of' h.is ~
'tickets to sell for the raffle gun', Fine weather. ,)
Thur. Ap. 26th, 1894, Wallsend. & Mi.nmicollieries worked.
Bob .. &. 1 .. fi11ed 12 skips of coal. Fine weather,
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FIi. Ap. 27thl 1894:, We all worked again to-day, & Bob & I
filled ten skips of coal. Eob went f or our pay .. which 16 t 6-
lO~B. Jack ts pay is £ 3-1-1-11.
pay Saturday, Ap. 28th, 1894. This morniI)g Jack, Bob, .::.: L1z
Jane we 11t to Newcastle. Jack ordered a porous pot ... a set of
test-tubes, &. an electric push for me at. chem10t i.naggs' shop.
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Sun. Ap. 29th .. 1894. I went over to 'ryldes,ley s thi s eveI+1ng
t
to a.tter-Ai a committee meeting of the League as Watkins,
l bu~
de Largie others were Lake we
I Robil~on'& ou~at Macq~arie
had to postpone the meeting until to-morrow. Fine v.eather.
Mon. Ap. SOthl 1894. Wallsencl & Mirmi pits worked., 0: .Bob&:
I_filled 9 of big coal,.& 3 of I went to Tyldesley's
.smal~.
again. this evening to, atte:r.d the comrni ttee meeting to arra
nge. for the concert to-morrow night in the Mecha.nic's Ins-
ti tute .• Those were:- C, Vial" Bob Brown, J.ohn
pre~ent t~ll
. Arthur (Watkir.s' brot~er-in law ) de Largie Ike Buxton, Bil
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McIlroy I Jack fugu1c1 John Robi neonl & H. Ty desley. We made
for.1t aking tickets & making a collection.
all.arral~ements
I,paid 6d contribution to the League funds, Charlie is at home
to.-day. Scotch Bob Brown broke cave leg in a fignt.
Ree~ t
Fi ne weather,
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'rues. May 1st, L>94:. We were all at work to -clay. Eob & 1 fill ad
of.big.coal &·3 of small.
n1~e
TJ::lis everd we, held the'concert 1 n the Mecha'ica lnsti tute
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which was. crowded. Charley Vial, ,Jimmy Horn, & 1 were stationed
in, the gallery to keep. the boys out & to take the collection.
Robinson. was chairmanl & de Largi e Vias prompter. Everythil1g went.
~ff. splendidly I' especially SaIXiy Walk~r IS a:ctiI'.g & singing
~e velly poor a Chinaman; me sellum cabagee j me cookum fowl
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for 1i nnc-~h .. & me sa tum lice f o~ tea etc. He was dressed as a
Chinese .vegetable hawker, & ha., baskets on a stick.
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We had a good Co~lection---enough to pay the expenses of the
hall. & the .musicians. After the concert was over there was '.a
dancei n the ti r. hall at the back 'of the bi~ hall & it was
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crowded, I stayed &. watched the danCing until 1 a.m. Cloudy,
Wed. May 2ni, 1894. }lo work to~ay, for Bob & me" but Jack is
working. Fine weather.
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Thur. May 3rd, 1894. Our output to-day was nine skips
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of cual. Jack worked at Millni'. Fine weather.
Fr1 .. Ma~ 4th 1 894.
£8;.~h • ;' \ I ,
:78
wo? ad. a,gain t o . 1- paid Mrs.
l\ochr:1.n 1/2 on the s ralian \';orkman"~ whioh is now called
anothe.r name. I
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. Sa·t. Hay 5th, 1894. Vi&llsend is idle,. but Jack is workirog. i
I oopied Unole John Rowe's photo with the ~cpying oamera, on a~
llford ordinary pla.te ~ wr..ich ·1 gave 25 secoms exposure i' &
I copied it on another plate, with 100 seconds exposure, & glb I
got a good negative. .
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Sun. May 6th, 1394. I atteniedla canmittee at
meetir~ ~y1des-
1ey's house. of the League was the result of the
The~Jbusiness
c'oncert. Fine weather.
Mon. May 7th , 1894. Bob & I filled 13 skips of coal, & 4 of
small. Albert Card spoke at G'nf,fen's corner this 6v6niriS~ to
18 men including myself. Mr. Hawarth was chairman. Our tor...n
age is 77 skips at 10-1-14,= 39 tons, 18 cwts; & 11 of slaok.
Tues~ 'May 8th~ 1894. We all worked to-day. Xl, skips of fourd"
CQal.& 1 of small was our output to-day. I went to the ~vlecha""
nics' 'lnsti tute thi B evening expeot1 ng to see a League meet
1ng, but there was none; So I came home. Fine weather.
Wed. May 9th, 1(394. Minmi & Wallseni pi ts worked. Our ,tally
to-day is 11 skips of large coal & 1 of small. .
Last night at 11 o'clock Samson parker, the Co-o,perative soab
was found dead. on the ve railway the police
CO-~1>erati line~by
Our Charlie went to Ne wcastle· to work for Billy Heatlow
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I wrote a bi t more of my pamphlet Hard Manual Labour
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Showery weather •
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'lgur. May 10th 1894.).11 are at work again. We filled 9 of .
big coal' & 2 of small. Samson parker was buried this after
noon.! & there 'were only a few' p ali cemen &: blacklegs at hi s fu-
nel'aJ.. Fine weather. :
Fri May 11th. 1394. 1· am 27 years old to-d.ay. We all workd.
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Bob & I . filled 11 of big ooal& 2 of alaok. Bob went ,for the
the pay wll.ich1S 1.6-20{). Jaok 's pay ;i.a t 3-0-3. Charlie?s
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pay 1 a 1-12-0. Fine weather
e
Sat. May i 3th, 1894. This morning Bob, ~ve OlVi S I lAve Watlil
kins &: I rode in our cart to Newcastle ~o see thesham.fig~
ht.'I ,took a.J)eice of twiste4. wood. ·&.a p'eioe ofpetrtf1ed
wood to the Techn:1. oall.{useum .I went to Knaggs' &: got· the