Tramway Strike. Serious Development. General Strike Now Almost Certain. Labor Party Intervenes. Deputation to the Premier. Government Immovable. It's Duty to the Public. Men Must Return to Work Unconditionally. Grave Complications Probable. Preparations for General Strike. Railway Engine Men Support Tram Union. Mass Meeting of Men
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2
Preparations have been made for a railway aud possibly a general strike. The Trades Council executive has been empowered to call out any union…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Strike Rioting in George:st. Several Arrests. Imprisonment Without a Fine. Re:establishment of the Paralysed Service. Sydney
The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 3
The whole tram service was stopped at 10 o'clock this morning. Two hours before the appointed time all the carrs were left on the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Strike
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2
FROM the outset of the tramway dispute it could be seen that there could be but one outcome—a general strike of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest Developments. Seeing the Commissioner Again. Railway Men Determined. a General Strike Probable. Eighty Thousand Men May Come Out
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2
A deputation will wait upon the Chief Commissioner to-day to ask for an independent tribunal to bear Croucher's case. If this request is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Critical Position. Railway Men May Come Out. Executive's Recommendation. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2
The situation is very critical. It is understood the combined executive have decided to recommend the railway drivers and fireman to cease work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"To the Finish." Tramway President Emphatic
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2
When informed this evening of the proceedings before Judge Heydon, at Newcastle, Mr. Lawton, president of the Tramway Union, did not express…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike. Will It Become General. an Appalling Prospect. Unionism Has Its Back to the Wall. the Government Firm. Work Before Negotiation. Railway Men Accord Support. Premier Takes Action. Strikers and Leaders to Be Prosecuted
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2
The position in connection with the tramway strike is acute. Following upon the reiterated refusal of the Premier (Mr. Wade) yesterday to accede to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways. the Key of the Position
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2
All attention is centred on the railways. The strikers rely upon the railway drivers and firemen making a common cause with them, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Opening and Closing of Roads
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 4
Notice is given that the Minister for Lands deems it expedient that certain roads should be opened, and that it is proposed to resume or withdraw for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tram Strike
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2
The unexpected very often happens. It has happened in connection with the dispute between the State (as represented by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Strike. Big Upheaval Likely General Strike Coming Strike Leaders Prosecuted Sydney
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2
It was cold and miserable, with heavy rain falling, in Sydney this morning. Business people found the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway Strike
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2
The strike still continues, and so far there are no fresh developments. The railway unions refuse to standby the strikers owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. The Tramway Strike. SYDNEY, Monday morning
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2
The weather is cold and miserable, and heavy rain fell this morning. Thousands had to walk to the city long distances in the rain, as trams…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In and Around Sydney. Sidelights on the Tram Strike
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2
The tram strike has full command of the lime-light. Also of the sunlight, the starlight, the electric light, the gaslight, and every other light. It has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Strike to Continue. Mass Meeting Almost Unanimous
The Worker · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 3
A mass meeting of tramway men held in the Centenary Hall, York Street, on Wednesday was very largely attended, and taxed the holding capacity of the hall to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Tramway Men's Strike
The Worker · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2
The forecast of the strike among the tramway men, given in last week's WORKER, proved absolutely correct. On Thursday, in accordance with a resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Show Train
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2
The Secretary of the M. P. and A. Association, has received a letter from the Shire Clerk at Coolamon, asking that arrangements be made for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Special Train
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2
The Coolamon Shire Council has written to the M.P. and A.A. stating that Wednesday, August 26, had been proclaimed a public holiday in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Thrown From Train
The Worker · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 7
In connection with the case reported last week of an infant having been found on the railway near Orange, N.S.W., a single girl, Mary Jane Smith, 21, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Railway Men. No Responsibility for Strike. an Important Instruction
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2
A meeting of the members of the combined Hamilton and Tramway subbranch of the New South Wales Drivers, Firemen and Cleaners' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →