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1888 Oct    Miners Wages – Firm Attitude of The Men – Pits Set Down
1892 Mar    The Crisis in the Coal Trade – Mexborough District
1912 Feb    Strike will Affect 50,000 People To-Morrow.
1912 Mar    Disastrous Effect on Trading Concerns.
1912 Mar    National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912 Mar    Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – A Rumour Causes Big Demonstrations
1912 Mar    Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Good Work by Police – Ugly Rushes by 8000 Strong Crowd
1912 Mar    Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Police Baton Charge
1912 Mar    The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912 Mar    The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1919 Jan    Wombwell Miners Pleased.
1919 Jul    Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919 Jul    Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919 Aug    Wombwell’s Unfortunate Position – Feeding The Children Already Commenced.
1919 Aug    Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919 Aug    Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919 Aug    Council’s Appeal To Miners.
1919 Oct    Railway Strike
1920 Sep    Triple Alliance – No Appetite for General Strike – Local Situation
1920 Nov    Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921 Apr    Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”
1921 Apr    The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921 May    Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921 May    Strike in Seventh Week
1921 May    The Local Distress
1922 Sep    Houghton Main – Satisfactory Settlement after Dispute.
1929 Feb    Mitchell Main Management’s Treaty Terms – 1,400 Resume Work To-Day.
1929 Feb    Strike Threatens Gas Supply – 1,400 Men Idle Because 2 Got Notice.
1938 Sep    Closed Pit Bombshell For Wombwell – “17 Strikes in Five Months”
1942 May    Back to Work – Cortonwood in Full Production
1942 May    Cortonwood Strike – Trouble Over Price List
1942 Jun    Stoppage at Houghton Main – Second Within a Week
1942 Dec    Strike Drags On – Deadlock at Cortonwood
1947 Sep    Strike Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits & 50,000 Men Involved – Government May Intervene
1957 Jun    When Wombwell Miners Went Berserk – ’93 Strike Memories
1959 Jun    The Printing Dispute
1969 Oct    Serious Effects of The Strike