MDDM Strike of 1750

[jbor]

Thanks Steve, I generally check the hyperarts guide, but the one time I
don't ...  It's interesting that the excerpt you cited didn't mention 1743
as a strike year, however.

The other thing I was wondering is what the connection between the miners
and the keelmen was, particularly w/r/t the following:

    They told him often of things he didn't know, or thought he didn't,
    of the Coal Business. Iliads of never-quite-straightforward dealings
    among Owners, Staithemen, Collier-Masters, and Fitters,-- who might
    have owned a particular Keel and who hadn't but said he did...'twas
    ever something, for whilst business Tyneside might be done by one-year
    Contracts and fix'd Fees, here upon the Wear, all was negotiable.
                                                            (242.29)

Dixon meets Mr. Snow in "The Jolly Pitman", and he seems to own the Keel.
So, were there still independent miners who ran their own coal out to the
brigs? Remembering also that George Dixon Snr was regarded as "some crazy
Enterprizer ... with a wildcat coal operation out upon the Fell." (239.16)

best


on 18/12/01 4:12 AM, Steve Maas at tyronemullet at hotmail.com wrote:

> I don't have my M&D handy, but I'm assuming you're referring to the
> keelmen's strike on the Tyne.  Some info. I posted in the first MDMD can be
> seen under "Strike of 1750" at:
> http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/mason-dixon/extra/info.html
> 
> Steve Maas
> 
> -------------------------
> jbor wrote:
> 244.26 "strikes of '43 and '50"
> 
> The only references I could find were to strikes in the 19th century. I'm
> not sure whether to put this down as another error or anachronism, like the
> mention of the famous oarsman, Harry Clasper (1812-1870) on p. 100, who
> Terrance looked up recently. I'm not even really sure if it's miner's
> strikes or dock- or river-worker's strikes I should be searching for.
> 
> 
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