Engine-drives Side with the Miners. Proprietors Indignant
A new phase of the situation, which will probably place further obstacles in the way of a settlement, has arisen, In the past members of the Federated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1909
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Men Working in Mines. Lodges Protest. Stanford-merthyr
A special meeting of the Stanford-Merthyr. Miners Lodge was held yesterday, at which Mr. H. Gunther presided over a large attendance. It was reported that a deputation had waited on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Entombed Miners. How They Saved Their Lives. London
Later details regarding the mining catastrophe at Cherry, in Illinois (U.S.), show that the num ber of men rescued alive was misreported. It now appears that only 20 miners, and not 78, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal-mining Strike. No Signs of Any Settlement. Both Sides Obdurate. the Federation's Scheme.-a Start Next Monday. Gloomy Prospects. [?]Struggle Begun
NEWCASTLE, Thursday afternoon. [?]hopefulness here the immediate fu[?]considerably below zero. Yesterday the [?]or the proprietors' meeting rudely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Proprietors' Meeting. Vend Rumors Unfounded. Anonymous letters and Threats. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The Colliery .Proprietors' Association meeting began this morning, and is still proceeding Respecting the miners' scheme to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The American Mine Disaster. Fight Among Entombed Men. (By Cable). London
Further, particulars regarding the disaster at Cherry mine, Illinois, state that Walter Waite, William Olelland, and their immediate supporters had a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Mines
Apart altogether from the legal aspects of the movements by which unionist miners will be employed in hewing coal, while the great majority of their fellow unionist miners are on strike,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal-mining Strike. a Serious Position. Railway Commissionner' Ultimatum.—will Not Carry Coal. Bowling's. Collieries' Scheme Defeated. Acting-premier's Proposals. Mr. Bowling's Scheme. [?] Commissioners Refuse to Haul Coal Newcastle
[?] excitement was caused by the cir[?] report that the Chief Commissioner [?] had topped the haulage of all coal [?] lines throughout the district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal From Japan
The first coal shipment from Japan is expected next week. It is said the vessel has five thousands tons aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge
At a meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' lodge held yesterday the chairman (Mr. R. Young called for nominations for lodge officers for the ensuing quarter. Several members thought the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illinois Mining Disaster
The Cherry mine has been closed owing to the spread of the fire in the galleries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What a Coal Strike Means
LAST week the people of New South Wales (and other places) suddenly commenced to think very hard about their dependence on coal. Before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Explosion in Japan. Many Fatalities. London, Thursday afternoon
Reuter's oorrospondent reports that an explosion has taken place at the Onowra colliery, Fukuoka, Japan, entombing 228. miners, of whom it is known that 15 have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What the Miners' President Thinks Government Against the People
"This is a Government strike against the people," said Mr. Paterson, the president of the Miners' Amalgamation, last night. "The Government is the trustee of tho people,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Entombed Miners. How They Saved Their Lives. London
LATER details regarding the mining catastrophe at Cherry, in Illinois (U.S.), show that the number of men rescued alive was misreported. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Development. Railways Will Not Carry Coal. Probable Arrest of Leaders
A SENSATIONAL strike development took place yesterday, when the Chief Railway Commissioner issued a notice that the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Mines
The proposal to establish State collieries to supply the railway and other public departments with coal, is a very different proposal from that of nationalising the coal mining industry. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Co-operative Coal Mines
The new Co-operative Coal-mines—Ebbw Main & Young Wallsend—are said to start on Monday next. The mines will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-mining Crisis the Premier's Proposals
The proposals sent on by the Acting Premier from the men in the three districts to the masters of the three districts were considered at three proprietors meetings on Wednesday. The northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi Colliery Stopped
At Minmi on Monday the only hands to turn up at the local colliery were the manager and the night watchman. All the company's men have ceased work, and even the engineer was not on the…
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