Three years later, he became a puddler at the works, then in 1850, he moved to Glasgow, in 1852 on to Consett, and then various locations until he returned to the Black Country early in the 1860s.
The following year, Kane reformed the union as the Amalgamated Malleable Ironworkers of Great Britain, and Trow was elected to its first general council.
This new union proved a success, working closely with conciliation boards and gradually uniting workers around the UK.
[1] In his spare time, Trow served on the 1892 Royal Commission on Labour, and was vice-president of the Darlington Liberal Association.
He once stood for Darlington's council as a Liberal-Labour representative, but was not elected, and decided against pursuing a political career.