[2] On 7 March the strikers jostled and abused members of the Pastoralists' Association and threw rocks at the accompanying police.

[3] While Hamilton himself had called on his men to show restraint, he was charged with criminal conspiracy and sentenced to three years imprisonment, which was served at the St Helena Penal Settlement.

[2] At the 1899 election, Hamilton, representing the Labour Party, contested the seat of Gregory and defeated the Ministerialist candidate.

[1] During his time in parliament, he served as Minister without office for one month in 1915,[1] and on the day of his appointment to the council, Hamilton was promoted to Secretary for Mines.

[1] He died in July 1920[1] and was awarded a state funeral which proceeded from St John's Cathedral in Brisbane to the Toowong Cemetery.