Coal Crisis General Strike Move 'All Out' "Motion To Be Considered To-night. Enginedrivers and Firemen Meet. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 7
Prior to the opening of the meeting of the Combined Mining Industry Unions to-day, the General Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Strike. Trouble at Southern Collieries. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 7
The man and boys at Coalcliff as well as at Helensburgh colllery, are still out. The two pits employ approximately 900 workers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hebburn Collieries. Massed Picketing To-morrow. Kurri Kurri
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 7
A quiet morning was again experienced at Hebburn Collieries. The picketn were on the qul vive, however and questioned members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Crisis Fresh Proposals Unions Committee Adjourns
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 2
Fresh efforts are being made to bring about the end of the coal crisis. Counsel who represented…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Industry Federation Meeting in London. London. June 12
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 6
The executive committee of the Miners' International Federation continued its session in London to-day and a proposal was approved that, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peace Efforts the Miners' Proposals Men Eager For Resumption' SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 7
Mr. Browne, K.C., senior counsel for the Northern Colliery unions. said to-day that copies of the miners proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trap Mine. Free State Detective Killed. Two Guards Injured. London, June 12
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 6
Mr. O'Sulivan, a detective officer of the Free State, was blown to places by a trap mine. The local Civil Guard received a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Strike Ultimatum to Miners' Council What It Means
Singleton Argus · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 8
The will be withdrawn from all the coal mines in the State, unless the Miners' Council is able by Monday to discipline its northern executive, and call off the mass picketing of collieries where safety men are working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Commission Visit to Coalfields. Chats With Miners. CESSNOCK
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 7
In addition to inspecting two collieries in Cessnock district yesterday, the Royal Commissioners Mr. Justice Davidson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Deadlock
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 6
Even though the attitude adopted by the miners throughout the miserable coal arguments of more than twelve months' past leading to and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coalmining Crisis Mass Picketing of Collieries Demonstration at Richmond Main
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 10
After a period of almost fifteen week's idleness the rank and file of the Miners' Federation are now taking definite action in order to force a settlement of the coalmining crisis. Events are moving quickly. Massed picketing of collieries has taken place, the object…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Coal Trouble. No General Strike Just Yet
The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 2
The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Davies, when asked concerning the possibility of a general strike, said it was not likely at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Citizens' Relief Committee Receiving Depot Established. Locked Out Miners' Campaign
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 5
The Cessnock Citizens' Relief Committee, organised by the locked out miners, has everything in readiness to launch an intensive relief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Crisis Unions' Offer Rejected. Owners' Decision. Enginedrivers' Ultimatum
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 8
The efforts made by Mr. J. A. Browne, K.C., on behalf of the unions to bring about a settlement of the coal strike have failed, the owners having rejected the offer. The enginedrivers yesterday served an ultimatum on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners Will Cut Own Hair and Repair Boots. Relief Depot Opened at Kurri Kurri
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 5
The combined Unions have opened a relief depot at Kurri Kurri, where men's, women's and children's boots will be repaired, by men who have a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scheme for Mass Picketing Decision of Combined Miners' Meeting at Bellbird. "We Must Organise or Be Defeated and Disgraced."
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 1
A combined meeting of Bellbird, Paxton, Pelton, and Kalingo Miners' Lodges was held at Bellbird on Wednesday afternoon, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mines. Richmond Main Colliery Miners Assemble in Large Number
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 14
Although it was expected in some quarters that there would be trouble on the South Maitland coalfields on monday, no incident of any note…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Picketing Collieries
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 8
The suggestion that the pickets will be called upon to discontinue operations on the Maitland field in compliance with the demands of the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hebburn Collieries. Weston
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 7
The position at Hebburn Collieries to-day was unchanged. No picketing was carried out, and the days passed off quietly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Crisis. General Strike Averted. Miners' Council Decision. Massed Picketing to Cease
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 8
The miners have unconditionally granted the demands of the enginedrivers to cease massed picketing. The danger of a general strike has, for the time being, therefore been removed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →