Hello Bill,   Trade was slow. The Durham owners (but not Northumberland) wanted a 7.5% reduction in wages. After three ballots, the miners voted overwhelmingly to strike. Strike started 9 March 1892. On the 8th, the owners at Brokenback Colliery near Bishop Auckland issued a notice that no more free coal would be given to the miners - next morning the men struck.   Source: THE IMPENDING STRIKE The Newcastle Weekly Courant (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Saturday, March 12, 1892; Issue 11330   THE MINERS' STRIKE The Newcastle Weekly Courant (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Saturday, March 19, 1892; Issue 11331   It lasted 12 weeks, wasn't settled until June after the intervention of the Bishop of Durham, and the miners had to take a 10% reduction.   THE END The Newcastle Weekly Courant (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Saturday, June 4, 1892; Issue 11342   Regards, Adi --- On Mon, 3/16/09, bill borodenko <[email protected]> wrote: From: bill borodenko <[email protected]> Subject: [DUR-NBL] Miners strike 1892 Gateshead/Durham To: [email protected] Received: Monday, March 16, 2009, 8:02 PM Hi everyone Help needed on this one please In a letter dated "April 1892" a relative writes " I hope you are taking no hurt with the strike". The letter was to s.one that was a miner in Weavers Row Eighton Banks. Any idea why the strike started & how long it went on for would be much appreciated.I presume it was for the whole of Durham coal field... Thanks Bill B ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== To Post a message to this list send it to, [email protected] ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== List Web Page http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________________ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php