The Colliery Disputes
THE Mount Kembla and Mount Pleasant colliery disputes remain as far from settlement as ever. The Mount Kembla Company would appear to be suspending operations altogether…
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Mining & the mines, 1886
49 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 3
Mount Pleasant Miners' Strike
A meeting of the minors of Mount Pleasant was hold yesterday in the Options Hall, Cramsville, Mr. R. Stevens occupying the chair. The hall was densely crowded with minors. The roll was…
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As atated in last issue, the Sydney Morning Herald sent a special reproter to ascertain particulars concerning the colliery disputes now raging in this district. It being interesting, as a rule, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Disputes. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,âI crave your indulgence to allow me, through the columns of your newspaper, to say a little concerning the present mining disputes. So may think, and some have even expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Disputes
The mining disputes still remain unsettled. In the course of the week the Mount Kembla miners communicated with the management with regard to their tools in the colliery, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disputes. Moonlight Intimidation
THE situation, now looks darker than ever, and affairs generally have assumed a much more serious aspect. Not content with fighting the dispute out on the broad grounds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Meeting
A large number of the Mount Pleasant and Mount Kembla miners was held on Monday forenoon in the Assembly Rooms of the Mount Keira Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Miners' Association. Delegate Meeting
A meeting of delegates from the various lodges was held at the Black Diamond Hotel, Bulli, on Tuesday, there being present: W. Dobbin, (District chairman, J. B. Nicholson (District…
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The following, which is a copy of a letter sent to Mr. E. Vickery, chairman of the Mount Kembla Coal Mining Company, has kindly been supplied to us for publication. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Trade Boycotting
It would appear that an attempt, at any rate, is being made to add a kind of boycotting to the coal trade troubles now raging in this district. Hitherto the Mount Pleasant Colliery has supplied…
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On Saturday afternoon, a partial conference took place at Mr. O'Brien's Prince Alfred Hotel, between Mr. Dennis Williams, J.P., on the one hand, as mediator, and Messrs. R. Walker, D…
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A meeting of the Mount Keira miners was held on Saturday last in the Commercial Hotel, in town, Mr. T. Shipton presiding. After slight discussion the following resolutions…
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THE minera who were charged on Tuesday last with rioting on the previous Saturday were found guilty and sentenced as follows:—P. Grace, four months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Southern Coal Proprietors' Defence Association. Proposed Reduction in Colliery Payments
Notices to the following effect have been posted at Bulli, Mount Keira, and Mount Kembla, the appended being an exact copy of those posted at Mount Keira:â…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-mining Outlook. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—I think every candid mind will admit that the action of the newly-formed Coal Owners' Association in the issuing of, or placarding of, a circular at the various collieries is a strange [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meeting of Mount Keira Miners. the Situation Considered. They Offer to Meet the Masters in Conference. Sliding Scale Foreshadowed
A meeting of the Mount Keira miners was held in the Assembly Room, at the rear of the Commercial Hotel, on Saturday evening, Mr. T. Shipton, Chairman of the Mount Keira lodge, presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Cases
At the Waratah Police Court on Saturday, the owners of the Dunkirk Colliery, New Lambton, viz., Thomas Broughall and Thomas Griffiths, were charged at the instance of John M'Kenzie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Difficulty. Masters' Association Refuse Conference or Arbitration. the Worst Anticipated
We understand that the Southern Coal Proprietors' Association through its secretary (Mr. Geo. Hamilton) has intimated to Mr. J. B. Nicholson, Miners' General Secretary, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Tint
THERE is a double law, thought out of joint With other laws that men and nature away, That when man's heart attains its highest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra Miners' Strike
RESPECTING the Illawarra miner's strike we learn from the Bulli and Clifton Times that the latest reports from Mount Kembla state that ten more "blacklegs" arrived there on…
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