ABSTRACT
The lodgers referred to were non-unionists, who had been brought into the town to work by the ‘Master Builders’ Association,’ to fill the places of unionists who were on strike. As the men arrested were members of the Bricklayers’ Labourers’ Society, a strong suspicion existed that the society had induced the outrage. A man who worked in the shop informed the society, and then his bands were taken away. The report of the deputation should be sufficient to convince any one who may have any doubt on his mind as to the opinion of the London Trade Societies regarding outrages, that not only were those societies free entirely from them, but that they condemned, in unmistakeable terms, the system of rattening, which they found existing in Sheffield. The deputation were extremely desirous that the fullest publicity should be given to everything that took place at that interview, and they requested several reporters to accompany them.
