Coal mining
Found in 308 Collections and/or Records:
"Memorandum of facts with regard to the coal dispute", May 1926
Paper on the "rights and wrongs" of the coal dispute which led to the General Strike on subjects including: slump in trade in coal; subsidy of miners' wages; report of the Coal Commission and reaction of the miners; attitude of the coal owners; failure of negotiations; and rates of pay for miners. Typescript. In file of papers labelled "Various reports issued during Strike".
"Misleading statements as to the breakdown", May 1926
Paper on beliefs about the causes of the General Strike including: the closing of the "Daily Mail" and other threats to newspapers; lookout notices issued by coal owners; and on the need for the government to issue information in printed form and through using trained speakers. Carbon typescript with manuscript additions, annotated "Keep". In file of papers labelled "Various reports issued during Strike".
Notebooks of meetings, 1988-12
Includes: rough notes of a meeting with [? the British Coal Corporation] on the future of Merthyr Vale colliery [Wales]; notes on dealing with constituency correspondence and visits; notes from a press briefing on the [?] European Single Market Act and economic and monetary union.
Oakdale Interviews, 1989-08-20
Press conference on the closure of Oakdale colliery, Wales.
Official: Board of Trade: International Trade; National Revenue: notes and papers., Feb 1904 - 24 Dec 1909
Official: Board of Trade: Miners' Eight Hour Bill: notes and papers., 12 Jan 1908 - 16 Nov 1908
Includes: reports on the Northumberland and Durham miners' strikes; General Considerations on the Eight Hours' Day; an opinion by William Brace, miners' representative [Labour MP for South Glamorgan, Wales]; a list of returns on capital invested in coal mines; WSC's speech to the House of Commons on the Eight Hour Bill; the summary of the Miners' Eight Hour Bill Committee report; amendments to the dating of the bill.
Official: Cabinet: British Gazette: various papers., 03 May 1926 - 05 Jun 1926
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: correspondence., 19 Aug 1926 - 17 Sep 1926
Correspondents on the settlement of the coal dispute include: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade (7); 7th Lord Londonderry [earlier Lord Castlereagh]; Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] (4).Also includes: letters from WSC to Baldwin (8).
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: correspondence and papers., 23 Mar 1926 - 11 May 1926
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: minutes 1 - 30., 18 Mar 1926 - 30 Aug 1926
Includes: the minutes and conclusions of the committee.Also includes: a draft statement by the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin]; a letter from Evan Williams [President, Mining Association] on the breaking-off of negotiations with the Miners' Federation.
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: minutes 31 - 50., 06 Sep 1926 - 06 Dec 1926
Includes: the minutes and conclusions of the committee.Also includes: a note by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on buying coal supplies; Ronald Waterhouse, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin], on Government proposals; a draft circular to local authorities on coal rationing; a draft of the Coal Mines (Settlement of Dispute) Bill.
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 1 - 12., 17 Mar 1926 - 21 Apr 1926
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 13 - 20., 23 Apr 1926 - 27 Apr 1926
Includes: notes of meetings between the Coal Committee and representatives of the Miners' Federation, the Mining Association, and the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress on the coal dispute.
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 21 - 24., 27 Apr 1926 - 28 Apr 1926
Includes: notes of meetings between the Coal Committee and representatives of the Miners' Federation, the Mining Association and the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress on the coal dispute.
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 25 - 30., 28 Apr 1926 - 30 Apr 1926
Includes: notes of meetings between the Coal Committee and representatives of the Miners' Federation, the Mining Association and the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress on the coal dispute.
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 31 - 40., 30 Apr 1926 - 18 May 1926
Includes: notes of meetings between the Coal Committee and representatives of the Miners' Federation, the Mining Association and the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress on the coal dispute; draft replies to Arthur Cook [Secretary, Miners' Federation]'s queries on Government proposals.
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 41 - 50., 17 May 1926 - 17 Jun 1926
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 51 - 80., 18 Jun 1926 - 26 Oct 1926
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 81 - 86., 29 Oct 1926 - 06 Nov 1926
Includes papers by various individuals on the coal dispute, including: Board of Trade reports on the output and employment of coal mines, October 1926; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on coal supplies for gas, electricity and the railways; notes of meetings between the Coal Committee and representatives of the Miners' Federation.
Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry: papers 87 - 90., 08 Nov 1926 - 25 Nov 1926
Includes papers by various individuals on the coal dispute, including: notes of meetings between the Coal Committee and representatives of the Miners' Federation and of the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on procedure for negotiations; George Lane-Fox, [later 1st Lord Bingley] Secretary for Mines, on the suggested Government offer.