Common Cause. Railwaymen Support Miners. London
All the principal railwaymen's district centres have voted in favor of a sympathetic strike. The resolutions mostly took the same form, declaring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1921
1,055 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 53
The Kandos Mine. Strike Declared Off Mudgee
The strike at the Kandos mine (on the Mudgee line, near Rylstone) has been declared off. The men dismissed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting of Triple Alliance. Seeking Support for Miners. London
At a meeting of the transport workers and railway men in London and other centres to-day the speakers strongly favored action to support the miners, declaring [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"The Nation Is Doomed." If Demands Are Not Conceded. Miners' Leader's Extravagant Threat. London
Mr. Cramp, secretary of the railwaymen, speaking at a meeting of the Birmingham committee, said the railwaymen were deeply impressed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →QUEENSLAND Closing of Mount Morgan Mine Cyclone in the North. a Charge of Manslaughter. Brisbane
The disastrous crisis which will arise if Mount Morgan closes down for good has evidently aroused fears in the Cabinet, for the general manager, Mr. Boyd,is leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strike. Assembling of Parliament Mr. Lloyd George's Statement. Meeting of Railway Men. a Bitter and Obstinate Struggle. London
The hopes of the country for a settlement are centred in the Government taking pacific action in the form of a conference between the Government, the owners and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners. a Big Fight Ahead. All the Mines Flooding. Fight Against Wages Reduction. London
"It is better to have a big fight now than allow ourselves to be taken singly," is the phrase, full of meaning, employed by the railwaymen and transport workers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saving the Mines. Plenty of Volunteer Pumpmen. London, Monday Night
The mine officials and volunteers have averted the immediate danger of flooding in the South Wales coal pits. Many, ex-service men and naval…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tottering Industry. Position at Broken Hill. Mines May Have to Close. Sydney
Speaking at a conference of the bodies contributing to the Broken Hill Hospital, Mr. Fairweather, superintendent of the South Mine, said the mining industry was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A National Disaster. British Coal Strike. Pits Flooding. Millions Idle. London, Monday Night
"It is better to have a big fight now than allow ourselves to be taken I singly and beaten," is the phrase employed by the railwaymen's and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Strike. Proposal to Arm the Miners. Mr. Clynes' Basis for Settlement. London, Monday Night
At a miners' meeting at Wrexham one speaker proposed that the Miners' Federation should arm all miners who were ex-soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Increasingly Threatening" Transporters' Ultimatum: General Industrial Upheaval Within 48 Hours. Disorder in South Wales. What Would the Miners Earn Labor Leaders Working for Peace. London, Monday Night
The coal situation becomes increasingly threatening. The latest evidence of danger is that the Executive of the Transport Workers' Federation (one of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Coal Miners' Holiday. Sydney
The coal mines throughout Australia will not be working on May 2, owing to the miners celebrating May Day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On May Day. Coal-miners to Drop Tools. All Australian Holiday. Sydney, Wednesday Night
Mr. A. C. Willis. Secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, stated to-day that the coal-miners throughout Australia will take a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Leaders Disappointed. London
The miners' leaders are disappointed with the Prime Minister's speech, Mr. Hartshorn declaring that "Mr. Lloyd George had shut the door on everything…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Determined. No Meeting with Owners. London
Mr. V. Hartshorn, M.P., the miners leader, states that there will be no meeting with the owners on the conditions which the Premier has laid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese Attempt to Smuggle Gold. Sydney
A number of Chinese who had booked passages by the steamer Victoria for China made cunning attempts to smuggle gold out. A Customs officer interrogated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Delegate Conference. Transport Workers' Federation. the Miners' Manifesto
Half a million members and 35 unions were represented at the delegate conference of the Transport Workers' Federation at Westminster, presided over by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scottish Miners Display Ugly Spirit. Force the Closing of Pits. London
Skirling bagpipes head the marches of the Scottish miners who are the most determined and most ruthless of all the strikers, forcing the absolute closing down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bolshevik Spirit. Miners' Dragooning Attitude. Theats of Pesonal Violence. Pit Ponies Left to Drown. London, Tuesday Night
An increasingly ugly temper is evidenced among the younger men, The pumps at the naval collieries at Pengraig have been abandoned and the…
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