The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-15 00:00:00

THE COLLIERS' STRIKE'.

Early on Thursday morning Mr. Superintendent
Hailead, with a strong body of the county constabulary,
visited the collieries in the neighbourhood of Hanley Heath,
Marsh Lane, and Stelae Cross, West Bromwich, and then
found two bands of drum and whistles, and about 100 of
the men on strike, marching to and fro along the roads
loam to the several pits is that locality, to which
miners were proceeding to work. In the crowd were
James Banner, Edward Perks, William Simms, sod
Joseph Sheldon, four miners, living at Hill Top, against
whom the superintendent held warrants for having
molested and intimidated one Simnel Meson as be was
returning from work at Mr. Hodgkin's colliery on Tuesday
morning; and also three others, named T. Baldwin, (I.
Simms, and Beujsmin Whitehouse, all of Hill Top, against
whom he held warrants for haying similarly interfered
with Zechariah Healy, as he was returning from work at
Mr. Millington's colliery oa Tuesday eveniog. They were
all taken into custody, sod conveyed to Wedoeabury polite
station, and subsequently en eighth man, named Joseph
Pugh, who is charged with having taken part in both
°Hewes, was apprehended at his own house, and lodged in
the cells with his companions. They will be brought before
the stipendiary in due course.
The miners who ceased work at Mann. Lloyd and
Foster's, and Mr. Horton's, Wedoesbury, on Saturday week,
are reported to be tepidly returning to work.
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A special petty sesaions was held on Thursday at the police
court, Sedgley, to bear the charge spinet Thomas literati,
alias Pee, for throwing • bottle, containing as explosive
mixture, into the bedroom of Joeeph Roberts, at Kettle's
Bask, Ocesal Wood, early on Monday morning last.
Joseph Roberts, a miner, of Lower Genial, swore that be
resided at Kettle's Bank, and that he had been at work
at the old rate of wages at the Florieley Colliery,
sod foe doing so he bad been frequently taunted and
threatened by the premise: Marsh. Oa the 20th September
lest the prisoner came to him and said, " You think you
have done something pow by going to work without the
riae of wages. if we cannot spite you on. way we will
another. noire will certainly be an ezplosioe before •
fortnight is over at your hoes*, remember that." About
four o'clock on Monday morning last, be, his wife, and live
other persons were all sleeping at hia otiose in the only
bedroom they had. At that time they were disturbed by
• noise, and in a minute or two he beard the bedroom
widow forced open, and then he beard something heavy
fall on the floor. Almost immediately after that there was
a very loud az plane°, and at that moment the roof was
blows off, and the penes in the window broken, and seat
in every direction. Noe of the inmates, however, were
injured. About five o'clock the same morning, which would
be about en hour after the exploaiou, the prieoom Mush
and another man came to the spot and looked at what bad
been doge, and they smiled, as if they were glad of IL
Upon this evidence the prisoner was remanded until Tues-
day pert, at Mateo. The beach stated, in anew*, to the
application that was made for bail, that they must decline
to take it in such a serious charge. A reward of 251. has
been offered for evideooe that will secure a conviction of
the offender or offenders.
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Nine men, miners on strike, wen taken yeatarday before
the etipendury magistrate at Wolver►amptoa, and charged
with intimidation. They bad formed pert of a baud num-
bering from 1,500 to 1,700 men who had illtreated and
threatened a collier who was quietly returning from his
work, bad called him invidbus names, abused and struck
him. The case against the prieseare wee proved. and they
were all sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard
labour.