Labor in Mines. Pennsylvania Strike Ended. London, April 30
A strike of soft-coal workers in Pennsylvania, in which 40,000 men participated, has ended. The men have received an advance in wages, and other concessions…
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American Colliery Disaster
It is estimated that one hundred negroes and forty-five whites perished in the disastrous explosion in the Polos mine, near Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold for Japan
The steamer Eastern sailed for Japan to-day, taking, in addition to a large general cargo, the sum of £17,000 in gold coins…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mine Disaster. 185 Lives Lost. London, May 6
A disastrous explosion has occurred in the Palos coal mine, near Birmingham, in Alabama, United States. A shoot of flame shot from the mouth…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mine Manager Killed Buried Alive at Besdigo. Bendigo
A fatal accident occurred at the North Red White and Blue mine to-day, the victim being the underground manager, Mr. Wafter Dack, 44 years of age. After…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. Entombed Under the Sea Three Miles From Land. Cumberland Colliery Disaster. miners' terrible predicament, brave rescue efforts. LONDON
Further particulars have now reached London of the disastrous explosion in the Wellington colliery, at Whitehaven, in Cumberland. The pit belongs to the Earl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Submarine Mines Kill Five Bluejackets. London
Officers of the German, naval forces were directing some submarine mine laying ex-periments in the harbor at Wilhelmshafen yesterday, when the blessed mine blew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. Whitehaven Colliery Disaster Pit to Be Bricked Up Walling in 133 Men Three Miles Under the Sra Rescue Parties Driven Back. 250 Children Made Orphans. London
The terrible disasters at the Wellington Colliery, at Whitehaven, in Cumberland, has aroused much sympathy for the bereaved families. A fund has been started…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whitehaven Colliery Disaster Sealing the Mine. London
The unrest among the colliers at White-haven due to the decision to brick np the Wellington Mine in consequence of the failure of the rescue parties to penetrate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sewer Miners' Award. Sydney
The chairman of the Unskilled Laborers' Wages Board delivered his award this morning. He fixed 36 hours as the period of the week's work for sewer miners and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Imprisoned Coal Strike Leaders Some to Be Released. Sydney
As a result of the agitation which has been made for the release of the strikers' leaders who were imprisoned for taking an active part in the recently concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosion. 130 Men Entombed. Four Rescued. London, May 12
A sensational colliery explosion has taken place in the Wellington pit, at Whitehaven, near Scranton, in Pennsylvania. It is not yet possible to ascertain whether…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Mother Coal Dispute Payment for Working in Wet Ground. Newcastle
Two miners who were employed in the South Seaham Colliery, approached the management yesterday and asked for compensation for having to work in a wet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silver Turned to Gold
My love is like the dewy rose She wears upon her broast, Her breath is like the wind that blows Bal, laden from the west:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Johannesburg Miners Suspend Work
Work in the Johannesburg mines was suspended for four hours on Friday while the funeral was taking place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Awful Risks
A youth named John Meredith, who was employed as a wheeler in the South Clifton Colliery, is reported to have been killed by a fell of stone. No particulars as to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mining Award
Another step has been taken in connection with the long standings dispute over the administration of the Eight Hours' Act in coal mines. Lord Macdonnell, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The King Interested in Miners
King George has approved of the reconstruction of the Royal Commission of Mines, with Sir Henry Cunninghame as chairman, to inquire into the health and safety of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners Awful Risks. Broken Hill
A shift boss named David Sampson, a nephew of the manager of the mine, fell. down the Thompson shaft of the North; British mine this morning. The drop was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a Western Mining Camp
A gentleman interested in gold and silver mining writes:—"Assayers are the common butt in all mining camps, and, as a rule. I believe, they get it in the…
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