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	1899-1903
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	ASRS General Secretary's correspondence about the Taff Vale dispute. MSS.127/AS/TV/3/26-32 is correspondence between Bell and Messrs Meyrick & Davies of Cardiff, ASRS's solicitors for the Taff Vale case, and Messrs Riddell & Company, Meyrick & Davies' London agents, 1900-1903.
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Correspondence with George Thaxton [President of ASRS,1899-1901]. Correspondence with W G Loraine [President, ASRS, 1902-4]. Correspondence and papers between Bell, Loraine and members of Executive Committee about Taff Vale Railway Company's [TVR] statement of claim and particulars of special damage. Correspondence about breach of contract cases brought by Taff Vale Railway Company. Correspondence about settlement of strike and Signalman Ewington's case. Correspondence with branches about enforcement of settlement terms. Correspondence with ASRS branches about meeting of Executive Committee delegation and delegates from all South Wales lines, and later meeting with Executive Committee of South Wales miners. Correspondence with Welsh branches about various aspects of the strike. Correspondence with branch secretaries about tracing blacklegs involved in 1900 strike. Correspondence with Executive Committee members, A McLaren [Secretary, Liverpool No.1 branch], and other branches. Correspondence with Messrs Pattinson and Brewer [ASRS's London solicitors] about Alfin et al versus Hewlett et al. Correspondence mainly with L Hooton [secretary, Doncaster branch]. Correspondence with branches about Holmes' defence fund, Alfin et al versus Hewlett et al, and Executive Committee decisions of 11 Mar 1902 to separate Holmes' defence from that of ASRS, but for ASRS to pay for his defence. Correspondence with T J Hart [Executive Committee member for Quakers Yard branch, Cardiff]. Correspondence about disparaging remarks by C W George [Executive Committee member for Liverpool] on the abilities of the ASRS's lawyers and Bell's handling of the strike. Correspondence about disparaging remarks about Bell by Alfred Lusty [Executive Committee member] to London District Council. Miscellaneous correspondence. Correspondence between Bell, Loraine and Holmes, about Holmes' reply to Bell's report to the Annual General Meeting. Original file of correspondence between Bell and Holmes, showing their increasing acrimony. Miscellaneous correspondence between Bell and Holmes about branch organisation and accounts. Correspondence with branches about membership numbers at outbreak of August 1900 strike, for affidavit. Correspondence with Trades Union Congress (TUC) Parliamentary Committee and Scottish Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee about Taff Vale case Correspondence with other trade unions about strike. Correspondence with branches, with the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) and with the South Wales Miners' Federation. Correspondence and lists of men summonsed during the Taff Vale strike for breach of contract. Correspondence. Correspondence. Correspondence. Correspondence. Correspondence. Correspondence. Typescript copies of branch correspondence. Correspondence with Harley Downs, Holmes' solicitor. Miscellaneous papers. Telegrams (mainly) and letters from branches and localities, reporting traffic movements, movements of blacklegs, the local situation, attitude to the dispute, etc. Communications from Edward Garrity and others in London. Correspondence with other unions, trades councils, etc. Correspondence from sympathisers and enquiries. Miscellaneous correspondence. Documents (or copies) issued by the Taff Vale Railway Company and other companies, in connection with the dispute. Small group of ASRS papers.