Miners' Mass Meetings. Two Great Demonstrations at Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 8
A meeting convened by the Colliery Employees' Federation was addressed on Saturday evening from the balcony of the Grand Hotel. The crowd in the streets was the biggest ever seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri Miners on the Situation. Kurri Kurri
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5
The chief topic of conversation here this morning was in connection with the arrest of officials of the federation. Several prominent lodge officials characterised the action of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ebbw-main Miners' Lodge. Dog-watch Not Worked. Greta
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5
The monthly meeting of Ebbw-Main Miners' Lodge was held on the park on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. MR. J. Redgrove presided. The election of officers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Grey Apprehended. Coal and Shale Workers' Secretary. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5
Mr. Andrew Gray, general secretary of the Federated Coal and Shale Workers, of Australian and secretary of he Strike Congress, was arrested this morning. This caused intense…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike Situation. Five Officials Arrested. Sensation at Newcastle. Miners Mass Meetings. Waterside Workers May Come Out
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5
[?] was caused in Newcastle on [?] night by the arrest of Peter [?] president of the Miners' Federations Erennan, general secretary, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gippsland Miners' Petition
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 5
A petition lodged with the Registrar of the Conciliation and Arbitration Court, Mr. Stewart, was before Mr. Justice Isancs, as a Judge, of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Leases—exemption Granted
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 5
The Warden (Mr. J. McKensey, p.M.) at the East Maitland Courthouse to-day dealt with applications for the suspension of labour conditions attaching to the Stanford-Merthyr colliery leases,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Lumpers and Wharf Laborers. Sydney
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2
It is still doubtful if the wharf laborers or [?] lumpers will come out. Both hold big meetings to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. the Coal Strike
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 8
Sir,—The parallel between the strike of 1890-91 and the coal strike of to-day is worth noting. The shiboleth of that date repeated from ten thousand platforms was, "There is no question of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Strike. How Long Will It Last ?
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2
MR. Hutton (one of the Northern delegates to the Strike Congress), and Mr. Burns (treasurer of the Miners' Amalgamation), contend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Strike Leaders to Be Prosecuted
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4
An application will be made by the Government to Judge Heydon, president of the Industrial Court, this afternoon for leave, under the penal clauses of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Statement by the Premier. Coal for the State
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4
Mr Wade, the State Premier, made the following announcement on Friday night, through his private secretary:— "The Government have decided to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Ask to Work a Mine. Lord Mayor and Mr. Wade
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 5
The Premier was waited upon at the Albany last night by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Allen Taylor, on behalf of a party of commercial men, who represented to him the absolute, necessity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. the Coal Strike. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2
SIR,—The parallel between the strike of 1890-91 and the coal strike of to-day is worth noting. The shibboleth of that date repeated from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Argus Tuesday, December 7. the Mining Trouble
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2
The position of affairs at the present moment in connection with the mining trouble is that the State Government has arrested the leaders of the men and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Waterside Workers and Seamen Will Not Strike. Coal Lumpers Undecided. Impassioned Speech by Mr. Hughes. Saves General Strike. Sydney, Tuesday Morning
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2
The Waterside Workers and Seamans' Union have decided not to strike. The Coal Lumpers are unare undecided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Mines. Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 5
Young Wallsend and Fbbw-Main collieries are still working, the minors putting in two shifts at each place. SYDNEY, Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal-mining Strike. the Governments Decision. the Miners Must Return to Work. Otherwise, Free Labour to Be Introduced
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 5
The strike was the subject of considerable discussion in the Legislative Assembly and in the Federal Senate yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Notes and Comments. [Contributed]. the Coal Lumpers and Foreign Coal
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 4
The strike congress decided to permit the unloading of the Palmero's shipment of coal for the P. & O. Co. This gracious act on the part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hebburn Miners' Lodge. Kurri Kurri
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 5
At a meeting of the Hobburn miners' lodge held on Monday. Mr. J. W. Roche, who presided strongly condemned the action of the Government for causing the arrest of the strike leaders…
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