Fortnightly Return Sheet, nos. 1-24. Return for 28 May 1868 incomplete. Issues...

Fortnightly Return Sheet, nos. 1-24.

Return for 28 May 1868 incomplete. Issues numbered from beginning of this vol. Includes annual statement of working hours and rate of wages, 23 Jan 1868; extracts from local press re accident provisions, 20 Feb 1868; proposals for first trades union congress, 5 Mar 1868 and rpt. of same, 11 Jun 1868; rules of Free Labour Registration Soc., 30 Apr 1868; rpt. of Reg. v. Robert Welton and William Hickie, Sec. and Treasurer, London (Shoreditch) lodge accused of defrauding the Society, and accompanying letter from OSM's solicitor, on the anti-union prejudices of London jurymen, 14 May 1868; extensive rpt. of trial of John Ellis, OSM Sec. at Birmingham, charged with embezzling OSM funds, 28 May 1868; rpts. of election mtgs., 25 Jun, 9,23 Jul, 20 Aug, 15 Oct, 12 Nov 1868; appeal from Birmingham lodge over clash with General Builders' Assoc., 20 Aug 1868; draft act "... to amend and repeal the laws relating to trades' societies and the combinations of workmen", 20 Aug 1868; rpts. of trial of three members of OSM Sheffield lodge on charges of unlawful conspiracy and of OSM activities in their support, 20 Aug, 3,17 Sep, 1 Oct 1868; extensive rpts. re charges against Welton and Hickie, c. 15 May 1868, against John Ellis c. 22 May and c. 11 Jul 1868, re Birmingham strike, c. 17 Jun 1868, and re Sheffield OSM members accused of unlawful conspiracy, c. 13 Aug 1868.