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The pamphlet consists of a discussion on the role of wages and the price of coal in relation to the events of the 1921 lock-out. The narrative describes in detail how the Government and Coal Owners’ plan would impact different coal producing areas and individual collieries. An emphasis is placed upon the question of why these two organisations were so adverse to treating the coal industry as a single homogenous unit.
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'Disputes at Collieries'. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, July 6th 1921.
(Page 61)
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‘General Wages’. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, June 21st 1921.
(Page 57)
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‘Permanent Scheme’. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, May 30th 1921.
(Page 53-54)
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‘Concert Parties, etc.’. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, May 30th 1921.
(Page 52)
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'Cambrian Combine'. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, May 9th 1921.
(Page 50)
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'National Distress Fund'. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, April 30th 1921.
(Page 48)
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'Resolution from Miners' Wives'. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, April 30th 1921.
(Page 48)
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‘General Wages’. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, April 30th 1921.
(Page 47)
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‘Triple Alliance, South Wales Section'. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, April 12th 1921.
(Page 44)
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'Importation of Police and Military'. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, April 12th 1921.
(Page 43)
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‘General Wages’. Minutes from South Wales Miners’ Federation Council Meeting, Miners' Office Cardiff, April 5th 1921.
(Page 41)
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Front cover of 1921 South Wales Miners' Federation Minute Book. Includes Minutes of Council Meetings, Annual and Special Conferences from 1921.
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This extract deals with the government’s plan regarding decontrolling the coal mines. A highly contentious issue which encompassed potential future regulation and the setting of wage protocols, which was becoming rapidly more urgent.
(Pages 14-17)
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The pamphlet, The Miners' Conflict with the Mineowners, was written in support of the miners. John Thomas gave a lecture at the South Wales Miners' Library in 1974, as the Coalfield Project was coming to an end.
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Coal Dispute. Official Report of Proceedings of Conference between Representatives of the Government, The Mining Association of Great Britain and The Miners' Federation of Great Britain held at Board of Trade Offices, Whitehall and 10 Downing Street on April 11th and 12th 1921.
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Minutes of a meeting between the President of the Board of Trade and the Miners' Federation of Great Britain held at the Board of Trade, Westminster, Wednesday March 30th 1921.
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Recorded memoirs of Max Goldberg. Describes how the miners organised themselves in Aberaman during the 1921 lockout.
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Recorded memoirs of Max Goldberg. Describes how the miners organised themselves in Aberaman during the 1921 lockout.
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Recorded memoirs of Jim Minton. Recalls being ordered to bring his tools out during the 1921 lockout.