Employment for Miners
The Minister for Mines, himself an Englishman, complains that miners from England are freely arriving at Newcastle to the detriment of men already there. He…
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Coal Found at Dover
After 12 years' digging coal has been found at Dover in sufficient quantities to be of commercial value. A trial lot has been placed on the London market…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Strikes Mine. Great Loss of Life. London, May 1
The mail steamer Texas, 480 tons, one of the fleet of the Archipelago American Steamship Company, on Monday struck a submarine mine which had drifted from…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Books I Have Read. Gold Hill Farm, Bulgandra
Dear Uncle Jeff,—About six weeks ago the School of Arts was opened in Bulgandra with a bazaar, sports had concert. I went to it, and enjoyed myself…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldiers Fight Miners. One Hundred Against 7000. St. Petersburg, April 26
Reference was made in the Duma yesterday to the fighting which took place a few days ago between the workmen of the Gold Workings Company, on the Lena…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Price of Coal Advanced
The Association of Colliery Proprietors has decided to advance the price of coal 2/6 per ton forthwith. The rise is due to the passing of the minimum wage act…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonthaggi Coal Strike
The Agricultural implement Makers' Union, has decided to strike a levy of 5/ a member in aid of the miners now on strike at the State Coal Mine. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Coal Dispute. New York
The tentative agreement providing for a basis of settlement for the coal dispute has been rejected, the mineowners having refused to accept the proposals of the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Wales Coal Strike. Minimum Rate Displeases Men. London, Thursday
Fresh trouble has arisen in the South Wales coal mining industry, which has been in a disturbed state owing to labor troubles for many months, with alternations of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Unrest. United States' Miners. 170,000 Men on Strike. New York, May 2
The tentative agreement which was drawn up between the anthracite mineowners of Pennsylvania and representatives of the men, and which provided a…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Wonderful Gold Mine. £4,500,000 in Dividends. London
At the annual meeting of the Waihi Gold Mining Company of New-Zealand yesterday the chairman of directors stated that the mine had paid over £4.500.000 in dividends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Industry
Although the Minimum Wage (or Coal Mines Conciliation) Act has been in force for five weeks, only one award has been made under it. Out of 21 districts, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian State Coal Mine the Strike Settled. Melbourne
The trouble at the State coal mine, Wonthaggi, has been settled, and it is expected that work at the mine will be resumed early next week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albury V. Miners
The team to represent Albury in the match against the Miners on Saturday next in connection with the Ovens and Murray Association will be chosen on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Welsh Miners More Reasonable
Amid great cheering the executive of the South Wales miners rejected by a small majority a demand for a national stoppage of work including the railway men and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Mines. Fixing Minimum Pay. London
The award of Lord Mersey, chairman of the Northumberland Colliery District Board (under the provisions of the Minimum Wage Act) was announced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Train Bolts. Dashes Into Another Train. London
A sensational railway accident occurred lit Cardiff on Saturday. The driver of a coal train, made up of 41 trucks, lost control while descending a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Growing Cloud. Unrest in Coal Industry. London
Though the award, made by the Northumberland minimum wage, board on the casting vote of the chairman (Lord Mersey), means a retrospective windfall for the miners to the extent of £20,000 accumulated wages, the newspapers report a wave of disapproval…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Unrest. South Wales Miners. London
The grievance of the South Wales miners in connection with the minimum wage award is that Lord St. Aldwyn, chairman of the South Wales District Board, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Buried Alive. a Michigan Colliery Accident. New York
A mining disaster, which will probably involve serious loss of life, has taken place at the Norric Mine, at Ironwood, a mining town in Michigan…
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