A Non-existent Industry. Colliery. Proprietor's Logic. Newcastle, Wednesday afternoon
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6
Air Learmonth is not in town this morning, but is expected to be in the city this afternoon. Other proprietors spoken to positively declined to express any opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Animosity of the Miners to the Vend
Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3
It is something of a humiliation for the public to have to pay need to the ravings the country is now plunged into the deepest mire of degradation and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Haulage. What Is a Reasonable Price
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6
The attention of the Railway Department was drawn to the information from New castle to the effect that the prohibition Imposed last Thursday still remained in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"What the Miners' President Thinks Government Against the People
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6
"This is a Government strike against the people," said Mr. Paterson, the president of the Miners' Amalgamation. "The Government is the trustee of the people,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Price of Coal. What the Railways Paid
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
Mr. Waddell, the Treasurer and Minister for Railways, replying to a question asked in the Legislative Assembly, said that from the 10th to the 22nd instant the Chief Railway Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Statement by the Premier. Coal for the State
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
Mr. Wade, the State Premier, made the following announcement last night, through his private secretary :— "The Government have decided to pay for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Union-won Coal. All Required for the Railways
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
The Newcastle office of Messrs. A. Kethel and Company was informed yesterday that the Railway Commissioners would in future require the whole of the coal Put out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mother Non-vend Mine. to Be Ready to Start Soon
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Saturday afternoon [?] rumours that were in circulation [?] from a Melbourne source, to that a couple of vend collieries were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal From Abroad. Seven Ships Loading. London, Dec. 3
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
The steamer Devonshire is loading 5000 tons of Tyne steam coal for Australia. Half a dozen other steamers are being fixed for Australia, and very large shipments are being made to the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Authority Gone. Coal Lumpers Defy the Strike Congress
Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
The coal lumpers union this morning held a meeting which lasted over two hours. There was a very large attend ance, nearly 800 being present.A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Reply to the Proprietors "Weak and Foolish." Newcastle. Thursday afternoon
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
When the members of the Miners' Executive were seen this morning, they said they regarded Mr. Cant's statement of the proprietors' position as weak and foolish. They said: "Much space…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What the Vend Has Done. Dander to Miners' Federation. Newcastle
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6
in the course of an interview this morning, Mr. McWilliams, Miners' Vice-President, was asked his opinion of the proprietors' vend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Illinois Mining Disaster. Recovery of Bodies. London, Nov. 25
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3
One hundred and sixty-eight bodies were found in St. Paul's mine, Cherry, Illinois, in a great tangled mass, blocking the staircase from third to the second level. Escape was blocked by falling debris, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Crisis. the Latest (By Telegraph). Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
Not having received a reply from the coal lumpers to discharge coal from the steamer Palermo up to noon to-day, Captain Pesoco commenced to discharge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Labour Discord. No Symptom of Harmony. Continuation of the Struggle Anticipated by Miners. Memorable Month of Misery. Government Determined to Take Action
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5
[?] no signs of a settlement of the [?] has made the necessary [?] for the constitution of a tribunal [?] grievances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Crisis. the Revolution of 1890. What Sir Henry Parkes Said. The Maintenance of Law and Personal Liberty
Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 7
It has been felt that the action of the New South Wales Government in con nection with the present industrial trouble has been of the weakest possible…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Greta Miners
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5
The new phase of the strike created by the arrest of three of the leaders was briefly referred to at meeting of the South Greta miners this morning, and the men were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cost of Railway Coal. Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5
Young Wallsend and Ebbw-Main collieries are working to-day as if nothing extraordinary had occurred. Both are working two shifts. The representative of the owners of these two mines is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. the Coal Strike
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 6
Sir,—with reference to Mr. R. Wyndham's letter on this subject, and the reply by Mr. W. North, in to-day's issue, will you let me ask one question ? If…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners of the South and West. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5
Mr. Hohann, M.L.A., thinks the south and west should go back to work. It was a…
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