Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain The Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain was a trade union representing workers in iron- and steelworks, principally in Scotland. The union was founded in Glasgow in 1888 and was originally named the Associated Society of Millmen. John Hodge of the British Steel Smelters Association (BSSA) acted as the union's first secretary, but he stood down a year later, when members elected their own representative, John Cronin. The union grew rapidly, despite charging new members a one-off fee of 5 shillings, membership reaching 3,000 by 1892,
Hired armed cutter John Bull which had been sailing from Lisbon to Antwerp. A day or so later "John Bull" detained and sent into Plymouth "General Walterstof", Groot, master. "General Walterstorf" had been sailing from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. At the end of August "John Bull" detained "Froe Secolitas", Sursen, master, which had come from Saint Thomas's. "John Bull" also detained "Flask", Erickson, master, from Lisbon to Tonningen, and "Neord", Tyson, master, from Oporto to Tonningen. "John Bull" sent all three into Plymouth. At the beginning of October "John Bull" detained and sent into Plymouth, "Indogheten", Johnson, master, coming from Cette. On 10 October a