Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coaltrimmers' Union . . .

A sub-committee was appointed to deal with each application received and administer relief to bona fide cases, Mr. Samuel Fisher, 42, Mountstuart-square, Cardiff, being secretary. None but members of the Union will be helped, and applications for relief should at once be made; to any members of the committee or the secretary, and each applicant must produce, his card of membership. The subcommittee will meet at Bryan's Railway Coffee Tavern, Cardiff, on Wednesday next, at eleven a.m. for the purpose of giving out tickets for groceries, &c. No money will be given. Arrangements will be made with grocers in the various districts of Cardiff, and also at Penarth, Cadoxton, Barry Dock, and Barry, to accept the tickets and give goods in exchange therefore. Shopkeepers who are willing to accept the tickets are requested to at once communicate with the secretary. Evening Express  [135] [361]  2nd May 1898.

◊ 1899 - Compensation Scheme for Coaltrimmers - New Scheme for Barry, Cardiff and Penarth - The Registrar of Friendly Societies has recently certified a mutual benefit scheme, arranged between coal shippers and trimmers at Cardiff, Penarth, and Barry, in connection with the Coaltrimmers' Union. This scheme has been adopted with a view of preventing friction and needless litigation between employers and employed, and will conduce to the continuation of the good feeling that has existed between them hitherto. Each party contributing to the scheme will receive the maximum allowance under the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897. Barry Dock News [140] [361] 1st December 1899.

◊ 1901 - The Cardiff Directory listed : The Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers Union at 42 Mountstuart square, with Samuel Fisher as the secretary.

◊ 1910 - Coaltrimmers' Agitation - Whatever doubts existed in the minds of some people as to whether the Cardiff coal-trimmers are really united or not in their demand for a half-holiday on Saturdays must be dispelled as a result of the meeting of coaltrimmers which was held at the Cory-hall, Cardiff, on Sunday afternoon. The meeting, which was presided over by the Lord Mayor (Alderman John Chappell), who is the president of the Cardiff, Barry and Penarth Coaltrimmers and Tippers' Union, was one of the largest held in the district for many years, no less than 160 coaltrimmers coming up from Barry alone.