CHAPTER IV

A strike--Cabmen’s revenge on Members of Parliament--Cab radius altered--Cabmen object to knocking at doors--The King of Cabmen--Nicknames--A lady feared by cabmen--The kilometric reckoner--Lord John Russell and “Palace Yard Jack”--Cab fares altered--A strike against the introduction of lamps--Another strike--The Cab-drivers’ Benevolent Association--The London Cabmen’s Mission--The Hackney Carriage Proprietors’ Provident Institution--The Cabmen’s Shelter Fund 231