In South Australia. Conserving Coal Stocks. Delivery Drivers Given Notice. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4
The South Australian Coal Board has ordered that all passenger lifts in Adelaide must cease operations at midnight on Sunday, and that all shop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government and the Collieries. Men Called for Immediate Work. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Sunday 26 August 1917 · page 1
Men to work the collieries to be first opened by the Government have been called on to report to the bureau to-day, prepared for immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butte Copper Mines Closed Down. (Reuter's Message.) Butte (Montana)
Barrier Miner · Sunday 26 August 1917 · page 1
The copper mines here have been closed down, and 15,000 men are unemployed as the result of a smeltermen's strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. On the Western Front. Futher British Captures. Germans Pressed Back. French Carry Fortified Works in Verdun Battle. New Positions Bombarded. General Petain Decorated. Italians Report Further Successes. Flag Flying on Monte Canto. A Notable Victory. Austrian Divisions in Full Retreat. Raids on Turkish Trenches in Palestine. Food ships for Belgium Leaving United States. The Kaiser Visits Kiel. Believed German Fleet Preparing to Come Out. Germany's Reply to Pope's Peace Proposals. Arrangement for Reichstag Debate. Why china Entered the War. Butte Copper Mines Closed Down. On the Western Front. Further British Captures Artillery Active. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Sunday 26 August 1917 · page 1
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "We Captured a length of German trench westward of Lens and an enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attitude of Coal Miners. Acting Premier's Views. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 2
"The most appalling development in the strike," said Mr. Fuller (Acting Premier) yesterday, "is the attitude of the coal miners. They have recklessly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Government and the Collieries. Men Called for Immediate Work. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 1
Men to work the collieries to be first opened by the Government have been called on to report to the bureau to-day, prepared for immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Newcastle. Coal and Shale Employees' Federation. Meeting of Federal Council. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 2
A meeting of the Federated Council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, attended by the Dean of Newcastle, was held in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Port Pirie. the Decision to Work on Meeting of A.W.U. and Wharf Laborers. Coal Vessels Expected. Port Pirie
Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 4
At a largely-attended meeting held at Port Pirie on Saturday nigat a motion in favor of supporting the Trades and Labor Council regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strikes. State Government and the Coal Crisis. Volunteer Labor in Sydney. Railway Fireman Shot While on Engine. Melbourne Wharf Laborers Decline to Resume Work. Port Pirie Men Decide Not to Strike. Police and Broken Hill Sanitary Service. Meeting of City Council. in New South Wales. Railway Fireman Shot. While on Duty on Passenger Train. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 2
A railway fireman named Green, whilst firing on the 7.50 down train near Coledale, on[?] Saturday, was wounded in the left arm and chest by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Newcastle. Volunteer Labor for the Coal Mines. Newcastle
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2
Volunteers to work the coal mines have arrived at Newcastle, and are being settled on the mines. It is expected that two of the mines will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Affairs in Britain. Miners Apply for Increased Wages. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 1
The Miners' Federation is applying for an advance of 25 per[?] cent in wages owing to the higher cost of living…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Strikes. in New South Wales. Government to Fix Coal Price. One Hundred Per Cent. Rise Foreshadowed. Rumored Early Resumption by Strikers. the Transport System. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4
The price of coal will, during the next few days, be fixed by the Government. A rise of 100 per cent. is foreshadowed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Newcastle. Working the Coal Mines. Newcastle
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 4
Coal is being brought in from various colheries, to Newcastle. On Monday 100[?] tons of coal was shipped at the cranes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strikes. in New South Wales. the Government and the Coal Supply. Coal From Wallarah Reaches Sydney. Explosion at Colliery Jetty. Two Piers Damaged. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 8
The first cargo of coal won at Catherine Hill Bay by volunteer workers arrived in Sydney this morning. Two of the piers of the Wallarah…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Government's Coal Proclamation
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 4
Following is the text of the proclamation by the New South Wales Government taking over the coal mines of the State:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of Coal Ships
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 5
The steamer Bulga, from Pork Adelaide, with a general cargo, arrived at 7 o'clock on Monday morning. Discharging was begun at 8 o'clock, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Using Stocks of Coal and Coke. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 4
The Coal Board yesterday decided, that holders of stocks of coal and coke in excess of five tons may continue to use their supplies on a restricted scale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reduction in Railway Services. the Wonthaggi State Mine. Arranging the Food Supply. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 4
The State Cabinet has approved of the recommendation of the Railways Commissioners to curtail railway services on passenger and mixed services…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Broken Hill. the Raids on the Mines. Four Arrests This Afternoon. Charges of Riotous Behavior, Inflicting Damage, and Assault
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 8
Early this afternoon Inspector Fullarton, Sergeants Dimond, Scott, and Collings, and Constables Muthern, Linihan, and M'Rae arrested in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Strikes. in New South Wales. Government to [?] Coal Price. One Hundred Per Cent, Rise Foreshadowed. Rumored Early Resumption by Strikers. the Transport System. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 6
The price of coal will during the next few days, be fixed by the Government. A rise of 100 per cent, is foreshadowed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →