THE FIRST COAL STRIKE.
The earliest use of the word "strike," -in the' sen^e'of stoppttig-Vwofk, occurs in the London Chronicle for September, 1765, ih connection, with a coal strike. .This 1 fcrnbUtiallion -[reports a fcreatdmspenBion of labour -iB the 'Northumberland coalfields, and the; colliers are stated to have "struck out" for a higher ' bounty before entering into their usual yearly "bond." The time-honoured illustration of profitless labour, "carrying coals to Newcastle," appeal's to have received its hrsfc slap In tho face during this strike. Tho Chronicle veports that "several •pokes' of coal were brought from Durhtm to Newcastle by on© of the common carriers, and Bpld on the sandhill for 8d v, poko, by which ho cleared 6d a poke."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 10
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120THE FIRST COAL STRIKE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 10
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