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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Scarcity of Coal in Canada, [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 3

THERE is great distress in Canada owing to the want of coal, and the weather is causing increased mortality among children is Montreal, where…

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The Central Mine Creep. Still no Further Movement. Bodies as Yet Unrecovered

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 4

No further movement has taken place in the Central Mine at Broken-hill, and on Saturday everything in the region of the creep was reported quiet…

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The Great Coal Strikes. the Strike in the United States. London, October 9

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 3

The attitude of Mr. Mitchell, president of the Miner's Union, in refusing to accept the proposal of President Roosevelt, has been endorsed by 260…

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The American Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1902 · page 3

Mr. Pierpont Morgan has induced the coal [?] to arrange with President Roosevelt for the appointment of a commission to deal with all the unionists and non-unionists disputes in the coal…

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Late News by Cable. London, Oct. 14. the Great Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1902 · page 3

In wooden sidewalks of Chicago, and those cuts which have been paved with wooden blocks, [?] been raised in consequence of the scarcity of [?]…

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The Coal Mines Wages Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 4

A petition was presented in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon by Mr. Humphrey from the Maitland and Cessnock District Colliery and Railway Owners' Association Industrial Union…

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A Fight at a Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 3

Five hundred French coal miners, who are on strike, attacked a number of Belgians who were to work at a colliery inside the French frontier. The gendarme were powerless to protect the…

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The Great Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 3

Mr. Plerpont Morgan has induced the coalowners of Pennsylvania to arrange with President Roosevelt for the appointment of a commission to deal with all unionists' and non-unionists' disputes, provided…

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The Central Mine Desaster Search for the Bodies

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 2

THE position of matters at the Broken Hill Central Mine disturbance, shows no alteration since Tuesday. It is anticipated, as everything is…

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The American Miners' Strike. Great Dearth on Fuel. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 2

Although it is reported thet Mr Pierpont Morgan has endeavoured to induce the mine owner to settele the strike, it is more generally believed…

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Mining Matters. Greta Colliery Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 4

Satisfactory progress is being made with the work of extinguishing the fire in the Greta Colliery. Most of the large masses of stone lying on the goaps have been broken up by blasting. This allowed the…

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The Very Latest. London, Thursday. the Coal-mining Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 3

President Roosevelt's Commission to inquire into the conditions of the coal-mining industry in the United States was settled at two o'clock this morning, and its composition satisfies both sides. It…

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The American Coal Strike Ended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 3

Mr. Mitchell, President of the American Miners' Union, after a long interview with President Roosevelt, has convened a joint meeting of the executive boards of the united miners for to-day. Later : It…

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The Coal Strike. LONDON, Oct. 14

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · 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 consequence of the scarcity…

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The American Miners' Strike. Great Dearth in Fuel. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 2

ALTHOUGH it is reported that Mr. Pierpout Morgan has endeavoured to induce the mine owners to settle the strike, it is more generally believed…

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The Coal Mines Wages Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 7

A petition was presented in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday afternoon by Mr. Humphrey from the Maitland and Cessnock District Colliery and Railway Owners' Association Industrial Union…

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Mount Kembla Colliery

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly Mr Archibald Campbell asked if the Royal Commission to inquire into the cause of the Mount Kembla disaster had been…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 12

In consequence of smoke having been discovered in the Greta colliery, Messrs. Atkinson, Humble, and Tennant, Government Inspectors, paid a visit to Greta on Friday, and in conjunction with Mr…

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The Late Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 3

The grentest satisfaction is expressed at the termination of the strike throughout the on entire coal region of the United States. The Minors' Convention will…

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The Great American Coal Strike

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 16

The strike in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania is one of the most extensive labour disturbances that has taken place in the United States. The leader is a young fellow named Mitchell, who…

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