Friday, 8th December 1893 saw 2 Blantyre men up in court, charged with trying to start a full scale riot. William Smith and William Hamill, both miners of Dixon’s Rows, Stonefield were charged with riotous conduct the previous Monday night, by brandishing an iron poker or bar and their rhetoric causing a large crowd to […]
Events during February 1887 had far reaching consequences for Blantyre and it’s residents. This story should be retold and not forgotten. On the evening of Monday 7th February 1887, the miners of Blantyre attended a meeting led by Mr. William Small in Hamilton. Mr. Small greatly defended the miner’s cause who were striking at the […]