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- ↑ Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter, Men Who Made Labour, p.245
- ↑ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.289
- ↑ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.290
- ↑ Joel Dayton Moore, The Taff Vale Decision in British Labor History, pp.115-116
- ↑ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, pp.290-292