at its peak , technological advances reached Achieve a point where significant financing was required , increasing Expansion the proportion of gold companies to individual miners .

On 16 December 1929 , New South Wales Police drew Motion their revolvers and shot Use_firearm into a crowd of locked-out miners in the New South Wales town of Rothbury in Australia , killing Killing a 29-year-old miner , Norman Brown , and injuring Bodily_harm approximately forty-five miners .

On 16 December 1929 , New South Wales Police drew Motion their revolvers and shot Use_firearm into a crowd of locked-out miners in the New South Wales town of Rothbury in Australia , killing Killing a 29-year-old miner , Norman Brown , and injuring Bodily_harm approximately forty-five miners .

On Thursday 14 February 1929 the mine employers gave Giving their 9,750 employees 14 days ' notice , that they ( the miners ) should accept Agree_or_refuse_to_act the following new conditions : A wage reduction of 12½ per cent on the contract rates , one shilling ( $ 0.10 ) a day on the `` day wage '' rate ; all Lodges must give Giving the colliery managers the right to hire Employment and fire Process_end without regard Know to seniority ; all Lodges must agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act to discontinue Process_end pit-top meetings Social_event and pit stoppages .

The miners refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to accept Agree_or_refuse_to_act these terms , and on Saturday 2 March 1929 , all miners were `` locked Self_motion out '' of their employment .

The miners refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to accept Agree_or_refuse_to_act these terms , and on Saturday 2 March 1929 , all miners were `` locked Self_motion out '' of their employment .

in september 1929 , the nsw state parliament introduced Statement an `` unlawful assembly act '' designed Creating to suppress Control the miners , which authorised Preventing_or_letting police to break up Destroying any gatherings .

On 16 December 1929 about 5,000 miners demonstrated Protest against the introduction of non-union labour into the Rothbury mine by the conservative Bavin government , which had taken over Change_of_leadership the colliery .

Angry miners marched Self_motion to the mine gate led by a pipe band .

When they charged the gate bearing Bearing_arms clubs and firearms , the miners were met with Come_together defensive Defending baton blows by the police and there were hand-to-hand clashes Hostile_encounter .

In June 1930 , after fifteen months of living in poverty and starvation , the miners capitulated Sign_agreement and returned Arriving to work on reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale contract wages .

However , the lockout failed to break Bodily_harm the resolve Resolve_problem or organisation of the miners union .

The name `` Acid Test Testing '' was coined Writing by Kesey , after the term `` acid test Testing '' used Using by gold miners in the 1850s .

It was a pivotal event Social_event in the 1984–85 UK miners ' strike Attack , and one of the most violent Violence clashes Quarreling in British industrial history .

In June 1991 , South Yorkshire Police paid Commerce_pay £425,000 in compensation to 39 miners for assault , wrongful arrest Arrest , unlawful Legality detention and malicious prosecution Legality .

In 2015 , the Independent Police Complaints Commission reported Reporting that there was `` evidence of excessive violence Violence by police officers , a false narrative from police exaggerating Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale violence Violence by miners , perjury by officers giving Giving evidence to prosecute Criminal_investigation the arrested Arrest men , and an apparent cover-up of that perjury by senior officers '' .

It is associated Collaboration with the coal mining heritage ( and particularly that of miners ' trade unionism ) of the Durham Coalfield , which stretched Body_movement throughout the traditional County of Durham .

although they had no role in the planning or implementation , the spanish miners who sold the explosives to the terrorists were also arrested Arrest .

The riot Violence , and resulting Causation massacre Killing of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners , was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners , who were perceived Perception_active to be taking Getting jobs from the white miners .

The riot Violence , and resulting Causation massacre Killing of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners , was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners , who were perceived Perception_active to be taking Getting jobs from the white miners .

The riot Violence , and resulting Causation massacre Killing of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners , was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners , who were perceived Perception_active to be taking Getting jobs from the white miners .

The riot Violence , and resulting Causation massacre Killing of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners , was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners , who were perceived Perception_active to be taking Getting jobs from the white miners .

The Union Pacific Coal Department found Know it economically beneficial to give Giving preference in hiring Employment to Chinese miners , who were willing to work Employment for lower wages than their white counterparts , angering Hostile_encounter the white miners .

The Union Pacific Coal Department found Know it economically beneficial to give Giving preference in hiring Employment to Chinese miners , who were willing to work Employment for lower wages than their white counterparts , angering Hostile_encounter the white miners .

When the rioting Violence ended Process_end , at least 28 Chinese miners were dead Death and 15 were injured Bodily_harm .

They escorted Patrolling the surviving Chinese miners , most of whom had fled Escaping to Evanston , Wyoming , back to Rock Springs a week after the riot Violence .

In Rock Springs , the local newspaper endorsed Response the outcome of the riot Violence , while in other Wyoming newspapers , support Supporting for the riot was limited Limiting to sympathy for the causes Causation of the white miners .

The bituminous coal miners ' strike was an unsuccessful national eight-week strike by miners of bituminous coal in the United States , which began Process_start on April 21 , 1894 .

The bituminous coal miners ' strike was an unsuccessful national eight-week strike by miners of bituminous coal in the United States , which began Process_start on April 21 , 1894 .

More than 180,000 miners in Colorado , Illinois , Ohio , Pennsylvania and West Virginia struck Attack .

In Illinois , 25,207 miners went on strike , while only 610 continued to work through the strike , with the average Illinois miner out of work Employment for 72 days because of the strike .

In some areas of the country , violence erupted Process_start between strikers and mine operators or between striking and non-striking miners .

The situation in LaSalle remained Presence tense into early July , when a posse of 60 well-armed men was raised Causation to fend off a force of 2000 miners .

In Iowa , the National Guard was mobilized Influence to protect Defending miners in Givens and Muchakinock who had not joined Cause_to_amalgamate the strike .

As the depression deepened Cause_change_of_strength , the miners were unable to hold Hold out .

By late June , almost all the miners had returned Departing to work .

The Ho-Chunks were reacting Response to a wave of lead miners trespassing on their lands , and to false rumors that the United States had sent Sending two Ho-Chunk prisoners to a rival tribe for execution .

By April 1851 , 2,000 miners had arrived in Arriving `` Thompson 's Dry Diggings '' through the southern route of the old Emigrant Trail to test their luck , which took Bringing them straight through Modoc territory .

It was estimated that 65 miners , who were working Employment the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift that morning , were trapped underground by the explosion Attack .

There have been conflicting reports Reporting regarding the depth at which the miners were trapped .

The National Mining and Metal Workers Union ( SNTMMSRM ) stated Statement that the trapped miners were approximately below ground , via a mile-long horizontal shaft .

Grupo México released Statement a statement Statement saying Statement that the miners were about below ground when the explosion Attack occurred Coming_to_be .

By February 21 , 2006 Grupo México search teams and relatives of the trapped miners were beginning Process_start to lose Earnings_and_losses hope .

Each miner was allotted Giving an oxygen pack , but the pack only guaranteed Commitment the miners six hours of oxygen .

However , the February 21 edition of `` The Miami Herald '' remarked Statement , `` Even so , they could not be certain the precious oxygen was arriving Arriving to where the miners were trapped . ''

The next day , Grupo México advanced Cause_to_make_progress approximately halfway into the 1.75-mile long mine , where an additional twenty-four miners were expected to have been found Know .

Again , nobody was found Know , and Grupo México hypothesized that either the miners were buried under debris or the miners were located in a deeper part of the mine .

Again , nobody was found Know , and Grupo México hypothesized that either the miners were buried under debris or the miners were located in a deeper part of the mine .

After the rescue Rescuing of 33 trapped miners in October 2010 in Copiapó , Chile , bishop Raúl Vera demanded Request that the case be reopened Openness .

Initial reports by Zairan officials stated Statement that the plane crashed Catastrophe near Cahungula , Lunda Norte Province , while transporting Bringing diamond miners from Zaire 's capital , Kinshasa .