Coal Strike Crises In United States
Central Western Daily · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 4
WASHINGTON, Friday. — John L. Lewis’s powerful United Mine Workers’ Union has been found not guilty of civil and criminal contempt of court charges in failing to persuade the nation’s 375,000 soft coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I.l.o. Officials Inspect Mines Dust Problem
National Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY. Friday: Coal mines on the South Coast were visited today by 70 delegates from the International Labor Organisation conference in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Back to Work Striking Usa Coal Miners Washington
National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2
THE 272,000 American coalminers, who have been on strike for almost four weeks, will be back at work tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Affects Coal Production
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2
Weather conditions, together with local industrial disputes, to-day restricted coal production on the western field to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Prepare for Future Eventualities
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3
Miners' area committee meetings have been scheduled for three points on the western field to-night, when members of the Western Miners'…
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Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2
Returning a verdict of accidental death, the District Coroner, Mr. D. M. Cregan, on Friday found that the late Sydney Shorney, a 52-years…
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Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Monday.--The worst coal strike in American history is over and most of the 370,000 strikers are expected to return to work to-day. Representatives of the United Mineworkers' Union and…
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National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1
THE Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator Macleay) will meet NSW colliery proprietors tomorrow in Sydney to discuss ways…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Coal Strike Ends Miners Receive Increase
National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2
WASHINGTON, Monday: The worst coal strike in United States history is over and most of the 370,000 workers are expected to return to work…
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Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1
NEWCASTLE, This Afternoon.-- Two big B.H.P. mines, the John Darling and Burwood, arc idle again today for the loss of 5,000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saar Mines’ Lease
Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 3
SAARBRUCKEN, Monday.— The agreement to lease the Saar mines to France had ended all threat of France’s annexation of…
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Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 3
The Minister for Fuel and Shipping, Senator G. McLeay, met N.S.W. colliery proprietors yesterday and discussed the possibility of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Waters Hamper Coal Production
Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1
In addition to flooding undertakings throughout the open cut areas on the Mudgee line, recent steady rain, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Industry Tribunal Slighted by Owners
Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, proceeded with the hearing of a claim in the absence of mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talks on Coal Minister Meets Owners
National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday: Conference of coal production were held in Sydney today. Coal owners had talks with the Federal Minister for Fuel (Sen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Return to Work Longest U.S. Strike
Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 3
WASHINGTON, Monday. — The worst coal strike in United States history is over and most of the 370,000 strikers are…
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Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2
Meeting for the first times since the seven weeks long coal strike last year, the reconstituted Lithgow miners' area…
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Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. K. A. Cameron, announced his resignation to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Strike And Demonstrate Against Family's Eviction
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2
NEWCASTLE, This Afternoon. -- More than 1000 miners from four pits demonstrated against the management of J. and A. Brown's company at Minmi to-day because a miner's family was not provided with another…
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National Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY: Tuesday: Another 5000 tons of coal, urgently required for steel making, was lost by the idleness of three BHP pits in the north today…
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