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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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The Miners' Strike in France. London, Oct. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 4

Eight thousand miners in the department of Pas de Calais, France, have struck work as a protest against the reduction of wages. M. Combes, the Premier, has promised to introduce bills into the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Mining Accident.—Three Men Entombed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 October 1902 · page 4

A creep occurred at the Sulphide Corporation's Central Mine, Broken Hill, last night. Three men were entombed, but one has been rescued. Only scanty particulars are available…

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Mining Disaster

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.--About 8 a.m. to-day a collapse, apparently of some magnitude, occurred in the southern working of the Central Mine…

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Great Coal Strikes. London, Oct. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 4

The French coal miners have declared a general strike. Four manifestoes have been issued. The first manifesto addressed to all French workers declares that the strike is due to the…

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The Great Coal Strikes. the Strike in the United States. London, Oct 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 2

Mr. Mitchell has informed President Roosevelt that the responsibility for the continuation of the strike must rest with the mineowner for refusing to proceed to arbitration. Mr. Mitchell emphasised…

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Great Coal Strikers. London, Oct. 9

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 3

THE French coal miners have declared a general strike. For manifestoes has been issued. The first mainifesto addressed…

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The Great Coal Strikes. London, Oct. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 4

In consequence of the strike in France, 2000 tons of English coal have been landed at Dunkirk, France. Other cargoes will follow. English coal sold at 25s a ton, being a rise of 5s on recent prices…

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The American Coal Strike. London, Oct. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 2

Supplies of anthracite are almost exhausted in 20 large cities of the United States. Companies are selling coal in New York to the poor at one farthing a pound. Many householders are burning bricks…

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The Coal Strike in the United States

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 2

The coalowners stipulate that the commission to settle the disputes shall consist of an army or naval engineer officer, an expert mining engineer, a Judge of the Supreme Court, an eminent sociologist, and a…

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The American Coal Strike. London, Oct 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 4

The wooden sidewalks of Chicago, and those streets which have been paved with wooden blocks, have been raised in consequence of the scarcity of fool…

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The Coal Strike. London, Oct. 14

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 2

THE wooden sidewalks of Chicago, and those streets which have been paved with wooden blocks, have been raised in…

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Buried Alive. Collapse of Earth at a Mine

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 3

A terrible collapse occurred in the southern workings of the central mine, Broken Hill, about 8 a m on 8th inst. resulting in the burial of two…

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Shocking Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 4

The New Chum and Victoria mine, at Bendigo, was the scene of a shocking accident on Thursday, by which a miner, Christopher Collins, was killed instantaneously. Deceased and…

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The Settlement of the Great Coal Strike. London, Oct. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 2

The appointment of the Commission proposed by President Roosevelt to settle the mining dispute in Pennsylvania was agreed to after a conference lasting till 2 o'clock this morning. Both sides are…

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Cable News. the Coal Strike in the United States. London, Oct. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 5

Mr. Mitchell, the president of the Coalminers' Unions of Pennsylvania, after a long interview with President Roosevelt, convened e joint meeting of the executive boards of the…

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The Coal Strike. London, Oct. 15

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 4

THE coalowners stipulate that the commission to settle the disputes shall consist of an army or naval engineer officer…

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The Coal Strike. London, Oct. 16

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 3

ROSEVELT'S Commission arrived at a settlement at two o'clock in the morning. It satisfies both sides, and mining will be…

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The Late Coal Strike. Loss Estimated at £28,000,000. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 2

The personnel of the Commission appointed by President Roosevelt was settled at 2 a.m. The list of names consists of General John Wilson, E. W. Parker (an expert mining engineer), Judge…

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The Miners' Troubles in America

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 2

The commission proposed by President Roosevelt for the settlement of the dispute between the coal owners and the miners of Pennsylvania, was unanimously appointed by the Miners' Convention at…

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Cable News. the Miners' Strike. London, Oct. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 4

The Convection of the Miners' Unions of Pennsylvania met at Wilkesbarre yesterday for the purpose of considering the proposal of President Roosevelt to refer the questions in dispute with the…

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