Nothing particularly new; Tussy has the not entirely undeserved reputation of being the leader of the Union of Gasworkers and General Labourers, and was away to agitate eight days in Northern Ireland the week before last. These gasworkers are fine fellows, their Union by far the most progressive; they are so good at legal agitation that eighteen months ago in Leeds they won two real battles first against the police and then against the police and dragoons forcing the municipality, which owns the gasworks, to capitulate.  As an old soldier, I can certify that I find no fault either in the strategic or tactical dispositions of Will Thorne, the General Secretary of the Union, who was in command in these battles.
Letters: Marx-Engels Correspondence 1891. Ireland