Coal Works Unrest. a Strike Considered Inevirable. New York
A general strike of anthracite coal workers is threatened. The miner demand their wages increased and the removal of certain grievances. Negotiations are…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
577 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 29
Union Bankruptcy. Six Weeks Will Exhaust Their Funds. Soldiers Will Not Shoot Miners. London
Mr. Thorne, M.F speaking at Blackfriars, said if the coal strike continued six weeks all the trade unions in the country would become bankrupt. It was now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Collieries. Proprietors and Men Confer. Miners Advised to Run the Mines. Sydney
A conference of the colliery proprietors and miners' representatives met at Newcastle to-day to consider the question of the second shift. The press were excluded,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Coal Crisis
The acute distress resulting from the coal strike is causing great discontent. At Lanarkshire mines 200 miners attacked the houses of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. Quick Legislation. London, Monday Evening
In the House of Commons the Premier stated he was introducing a Bill to-morrow which it was highly important should be passed by Thursday, and the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Vans Raided. Suspending the Eight Hours Act London
Three hundred colliers at Burton raided the coal vans and overturned and seized the contents. Several arrests were made. Coal in London has advanced four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mines Bill. Statement by Prome Minister. Its Guarantees Impossible. London, Tuesday Afternoon
The House of Cammons was crowded When the Premier introduced the Coal Mines Hill. He said he did so with great reluctance, and it would only be enforced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Strike
Cables last week stated that at Nottingham there existed wide spread dislocation and distress, at Stockport the inability of the poor to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Funds Exhausted. Riotng in Scotland. London
A week's strike pay to four thousand miners in West Lothian has exhausted the funds. Minor rlots have occurred at Bellshill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Strike. Public Bodies Assistance. Advances to Non-unionists. London, Tuesday
The Wakefield Guardians are granting non-unionists 5s per week, but repayment is expected. The Lancashire education authorities are feeding many school…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vaccum Cleaning for Mines
The vaccum cleaning of coal mines is a new idea of preventing risk from dust, to which explosions are often due. An electrical firm has devised a special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Strike. Tom Mann's Arrest. Sir Rufus Isaacs Heckled. London
The extreme Radicals sharply heckied Sir Rufus D. Isaacs, Attorney-General, regarding Tom Mann's arrest, on the ground that it is and interference with free…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Explosions. Shocking Loss of Life. Two Families Blown to Pieces. Scranton, Pennsylvania
An underground gas explosion wrecked twenty dwellings in the Dimmore mining district. Two familes were blown to pieces or burned to death. Several houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrilling Incident in a Mine
The West Australian Minister for Mines has approved of the departmental certificate for bravery being awarded to L. Cullen for the heroic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The British Coal Strike. LONDON
The Lancashire education authorities are feeding many school children, and 114 Sheffield firms, employing 40,000 men, are granting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Bill. Pickets Encounter the Police. London
The Premier's position is embarrassed by his declaration, when introducing the Bill, that it was neither right, fair nor commonsense embodying in the schedule…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →McCURTAIN Mining Disaster. Ghastly Discovery of Bodies. McCURTAIN (Oklahoma)
Twenty bodies have been recovered from the mine blackened beyond all recognition. The mine was completely wrecked, and it is now certain that 25 men…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Horses in Mines
An interesting paragraph in the Mines Department's annual report has reference to an experiment in the use of horses in a metalliferous mine in Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Expolsion. the Death Roll Increases. McCURTAIN, Oklahoma
Twelve more bodies have been recoverd making a total of 64. Seventy bodies are still entombed, but debris hinders removal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Strike. the Minimum Wage Bill. Discussion in Parliament. Conference Over the Proposed Rates. London
Major-General Sir Ivor Herbert, Liberal M.P. for Monmouthshire, who is a colliery owner, gave notice of an amendment to insert 5s and Us. Per duy as the minimum…
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