Trouble at Newcastle Collieries Idle. Newcastle
The wheelers in the Helton colliery put in notices 14 days ago demanding an increase of pay. The period expired yesterday, and the pit will be idle on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1911
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Labor Unrest South Wales Miners. Minimum Wage Question. London
The conference proposal to be convened for yesterday (Saturday) by the South Wales Miners' Federation to discuss the minimum wage question has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Trouble at Newcastle Three Collieries Idle. Newcastle
The Wallsend, Lymington, and Hetton collieries are idle. The machine men at Shortland are out. The trouble at Walls end and Hetton is due to the wheelers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. Labor in Ferment. Non-unionists in Coal Mines. Trouble in Wales. London
Owing to their objection to tie employment of non-unionists the Western Miners' Anthracite Association at Swansea has anthorised notices of a strike in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Durham Miners Restless. Increased Rates Demanded
The Durham miners conference has demanded a minimum for hewers of 7/ per day and for other mine workers proportionate increases. It was also decided that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Fatality at Rutherglen
The inquiry into the death of Albert Bendini, a miner, who feil down the Great Southern Consuls shaft on August 25, was continued at Rucherglen on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Coal Strike Threatened. Newcastle
It is stated that a general strike amongst the coal miners on this field will be proclaimed for a certainty within the next fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Wales Miners. Probable General Strike Soon
Mr. Onions. the treasurer of the South Wales Miners' Federation, in the course of a speech at Blackwood, declared that there would be a general strike soon on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Phthisis
The Miners' Phthisis Commission sat at Perth last week, Dr. Jack (Queensland.) presiding. Dr. Tymms (Perth Hospital) testified that during the year ended June…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Friendldy Swallows. Gold Hill Farm, Bulgandra
Dear Uncle Jeff,—I am going in for your Favourite competition. Most all the wattle and wild hickory is out in bloom. I always get a bunch when I am coming…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Personal Experiences a Ton of Coal for a Penny
To obtain 20 cwt. of the beat Wallasend, in the height of the winter season, tor the modest sum of one penny may seem a "tall order," but it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. Wheat, 38 to 39. Rich Gold Discovery
Another rich gold find is reported from Long Tunnel, Gundagai, 50lb. of stone yielding 70oz. The gold is very rich, and the ore is now showing at the bottom of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Anxious to Strike. Newcastle
The rank and file of the Miners' Federation it is stated are determined on a general strike in the event of a wages board being constituted. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dreadful Mining Accident. Two Men Smashed to Pieces. Broken Hill
A frightful accident occurred here to-day. Two miners, Michael Murphy and an Italian named Marchetti, met with an awful death in the North mine. The two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wallsend Colliery Trouble. the Situation Gloomy. Newcastle
Mr. Watson, president of the Miners' Federation, has succeeded in inducing the wheelers to meet Mr. Ross, manager of the Wallsend colliery, to-night. When…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Coal Trouble the Outlook Serious. Newcastle
The Wallsend miners held a further meeting this morning, and also interviewed the manager, Mr. Ross, to see if he would consent to shiftmen handling the timber…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheelers' Strike. Miners Refuse to Do Wheeling. Newcastle
The settlement of the wheelers' trouble here would now seem to be hopeless, and the coal mining industry must receive a great setback in consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Arctic Coal Mine
According to “La Nature” the most northerly coal mine, is that of the Arctic Coal Company (an American concern) at Advent Bay, on the east…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Colliery Miners All Rescued. London
A fire occurred at Chesterle street colliery, at Cardiff. There were 81 miners below at the time, and the greatest anxiety was felt until they were rescued in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Under Private Land
Two cases of Interest came before Mr. Warden Kelley at Eldorado, near beech worth on Wednesday, when applications were made by Mr. F. A. Skilliter to…
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