The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-12-11 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

THE MINERS OF CHIRK. harboured men until they were so intoxicated that Larke meeting* of miners were held at Chirk. on they could only just walk. If he might venture to Thursday and Friday, last week. Addresses were de- make a practical suggestion, it was that it would be livered by .Mr. Martin Cooper, miners' agent. Mr. well for the police to be instructed to watch cases Cooper was glad to have the privilege of explaining that were tried at the Assizes and Sessions, and their position with regard to the union, as some of where there was reason to suppose that men had them had wrong notions on the subject, believing been allowed to stay the whole of the day drinking tltey were entitled to full pay after having paid three in public-houses, to discover, if possible, any pubmonths. They were so entitled, but it was only on bean who was not carrying on his business in a condon of the masters refusing arbitration or con- respectable manner, and call upon him to explain ation. Such was the rule of the National Associa- his conduct on the licensing day in due course. tion, the idea being to prevent men rushing needlessly into strikes. If a basis of arbitration was agreed There were one or two eases of a very serious kind upon, the arbitrators were required to found all which he would call their attention to. The first their calculations upon it. If they did so, whatever case was one of wilful murder against two persons was the decision, men must abide by it'; but if it named Mussin and Hillman, the circumstances of could be proved they set aside the basis agreed which were of a most pitiful and painful kind. The upon, then the party against whom the award was deceased was a young girl who wasput by her mother given, whether employs'. or workmen, were justified under the charge of the two prisoners, who were not in rejecting the decision. It was believed this man and wife, but lived as such. The father lived had been the case with them, inasmuch as at Wolverhampton, and the prisoners plied about the arbitrator had made his calculations from between that and other places. Previous to the August 1875 instead of from 18h70 toiding present time— alleged murder' the attention of some boatmen were (applause). He recommended te sl scae for the future. But if he was there to open .a mattelr, as called to the prisoner's be t on several occa.sions ' one Am desired them to avoid the ruin of a prolonged when the two prisoners were seen beating, the girl labour contest, and to say that, taking everything in a most violent way with a . whip, which Was into consideration it was better for them that they probably ueed todrivethehcirse with, andboth prisonhad resumed work. Let the roots of brotherly unity era were seeil to flog the little girl with the lash sink deeper in their hearts. Let peace and goodwill doubled on the stock of the whip upon her naked prevail between them and their employers, and then person. That treatment went on up to the 31st of the Jnistake of the past might he avoided in the future October, at which time the girl appeared to be in a 1 —(loud and prolonged cheering), very feeble state, and died on that day. When the girl ---*--- was medically examined, on her loins and other parts of THE LATE CAPTAIN GOOLD, OF NEWNHAM, her person were found a mass of wounds and