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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
1944   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out
1944   Oct Y.M.A. to Call Strike Failing Satisfaction – “Saturday Afternoon” Dispute
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