Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1876-03-30 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

CLEVELAND MINERS ASSOCIATION.  MR JOSEPH SHEPHERD REINSTATED AS SECRETARY. _ _  On Monday a meeting of the Council of the Cleveland Miners Assoeiation was held at Sallburn. Mr Joseph Toyne (president) occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. The principal business for consideration was the proposed distni-sal of Mr Joseph Shepherd, the secretary, irom his office for drunkenness. At the Council meeting last month sevcral grave charges of this description, besides neglect of duty, were preferred against him, and it was almost unanimously deeidscl that Mr Shepherd should seceive three months' notice to leave his post, subject, of course, to the decisions of the various lodges throughout the district. On the question being submitted to the lodges, the voting of the members was taken by ballot, with the following result :—For continuing in office 853, and in favour of the notice which had been given Mr bhepherd taking effect 421. The result created great surprise, but it was not altogether unexoected by those who profess to know what influences have been brought to bear on some of the lodges. But this was not the most astnnishing feature of Monday's proceedings. The Association was alleged by certain lodges to have been badly managed, and the bad management to some extent has been laid at the clod of the men who are at present in office. It was, therefore, proposed that the members of the Execnlive Committee and the Joint Committee should be called upon to resign, and this preposition mast, according to the rules of the association, go to .the district for consideration by the lodges, whose votes next month will reveal whether the members of the association retain their confidence in the present mana;ensent. , Mr Toyne (president) and Mr Crow (treasurer) te .dered their rqgjgnations, but agreed to continue to work for the rood of the association until their offices were filled by the appointment of suitable men. We regret thi., as the meet sensible members of the association will join with us in the statement that the association will lose the best officers it has at present if Messrs Toyne and Crow are to be parted with. Mr Crow has been treasurer for the association almost since its commencement, and has given, on all occasions, the greatest satisfaction. Mr Toyne was president last year, and was te-elected at the recent annual council meeting, and the dt .dre he has always shown for the advancement of the Cleveland Miners Llniou has gained a good name for him in nearly every part of the district. The time is not far distant when there will be a revival in trade, and a consequent advance in wages, and it is then the men will find the advantage of working in harmony together for their common bent Et and welfare. The officers whom it is proposed to discharge are Mr Toyne, President ; Mr Crow, Treasurer; Mr Snow, of Loftus; Mr Deck, Mr Bowden, of Bretton; Mr Beezley, of Eaton ; Mr Forester, of Normanby ; and Mr Welsh, Assistant District Secretary. Mr Shepherd was not present at the Council meeting on Monday, thiough temporary indisposition.  THE Ems Lool.oOw.—Two of the men on strike from Easton and And,•rson's were on Monday remulch(' on a charge of assaulting two hammermen emplcyed by the firm. TEE Warrgenapsn-noen Mt:maim—The Bev. A Condor, who interested himself on behalf of the family of Wainwright, the Whiteclospel.road murderer, has published a list of subscriptions. The total amount subscribed was £1,232 185 10d, there being 1,032 subscribers. The highest indivilual donation was £6O. Mr Condor qtrotes a letter from a gentleman who sent a remittanee, and who had known Wainwright for 20 years. The writer states that at one time Wainwright was waking a clear profit of £1,200 a year, until he took to gambling and other evil oourom.  . - t., . _ •  MARCH 30 tB7 G.