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1888   Oct Miners Wages – Firm Attitude of The Men – Pits Set Down
1889   Dec Denaby Main and Manyers Main Topmen
1892   Mar The Crisis in the Coal Trade – Mexborough District
1893   Feb 1893 Strike at Wath Main Colliery
1894   Jan A Disastrous Year
1902   Dec Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Conference of Masters and Men – Settlement Still To Be Made
1902   Dec Resultant on The Strike – Damages Obtained From More Miners.
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 Reports from the Coal Fields – In the Don Valley
1912   Mar Righteous 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 The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1919   Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919   Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Mass Meetings in District
1920   Sep Triple Alliance – No Appetite for General Strike – Local Situation
1920   Oct The Datum Ballot – Heavy Adverse Vote
1920   Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921   Apr
1921   Apr Local Effects of Coal Strike – Works Closing
1921   Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921   May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921   May Strike in Seventh Week
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   Jun “In And Out” Strikes – Unrest at South Yorkshire Pits
1942   Dec Strike Drags On – Deadlock at Cortonwood
1944   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out
1947   Sep Strike Now Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits and 50,000 Men Involved – Government May Intervene
1957   Jun When Miners Went Berserk – ’93 Strike Memories
1959   Jun The Printing Dispute
1969   Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
   Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Police Baton Charge