Fight on! : Cape Breton coal miners, 1900-1925 / Joanne Schwartz. Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 2020. 74 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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In early twentieth-century Cape Breton, coal mines stretched far out under the ocean. The workers, mostly men, but also children and ponies, spent all day in the dark, damp mines. Each day the workers descended into the mines, they risked never seeing sunlight or their families again. They were miserable and fearful, working in dangerous conditions where fatal accidents were common. So the brave miners took matters into their own hands, and stood up to the companies treating them this way. They went on strike again and again, suffering from starvation, disease, freezing winters, and violence at the hands of the mine owners and police. Fight On! tells the stories of these miners and their families, Cape Breton heroes who fought against corporate greed, putting their livelihoods on the line for better conditions and healthier families and communities. The newest installment in the award-winning Compass series, Fight On! is at once an engaging history and a passionate call to action against injustice. Includes dozens of modern and archival colour photos and illustrations, a glossary of terms, index, and informative sidebars.
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The Cape Breton coal miners, 1917-1926 / by David Alexander Frank. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1980. 459 frames : map ; 11 X 15 cm.
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South side Cape Breton miners a sociological summary of pre 1879 to 1951 transformations / by Kirby Abbott. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1987. 386 frames ; 11 x 15 cm.
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Relief Fund Association of the Mine Employees of the Inverness Railway and Coal Company
Financial report of the Relief Fund Association of the Mine Employees of the Inverness Railway and Coal Company Inverness : The Association, 1906-. 17 cm.
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Description based on: 2nd 1906.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Glace Bay and Hub Collieries' Branch
Annual report of the Glace Bay and Hub Collieries' Branch of the Dom. Coal Coy's Employees' Relief Fund Glace Bay : The Branch, 1896-. 16 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.534 #14 - Vertical File
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Hub Colliery Branch
Annual report of the Hub Colliery Branch of the Dominion Coal Company Limited Employees' Relief Fund Society Hub Mines : The Branch, 1905 -. 13 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.534 #13 - Vertical File
Description based on: 1905. The 1904 report has the title Hub Colliery Relief Fund.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Dominion Nos. 3 and 4 Branch
Annual report of the Dominion Nos. 3 and 4 Branch Dominion Coal Company, Ltd. Employees' Relief Fund Dominion : The Branch, 1902-. 13 cm.
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Description based on: 2nd 1902. Cover title: Annual report of the Committee of Management of the Dominion Coal Co., Limited Employees' Relief Fund Dominion Nos. 3 and 4 Branch. The 1903 report only covers Dominon No. 3 Colliery Branch.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. International Mines Branch
Annual report of the International Mines Branch of the Dominion Coal Company's Employees' Relief Fund International Mines : The Branch, 1896-. 15 cm.
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Description based on: 4th 1898.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Reserve Mines Branch
Annual report of the Reserve Mines Branch of the Dominion Coal Company's Employees' Relief Fund Reserve Mines : The Branch, 1896-. 14 cm.
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Description based on: 3rd 1897.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Dominion No. 2 Branch
Annual report of the Dominion No. 2 Branch of the Dominion Coal Co. (Limited) Employees' Relief Fund Glace Bay : The Branch, 1903-. 14 cm.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Dominion No. 1 Branch
Annual report of the Dominion No. 1 Branch of the Dominion Coal Coy's Employees' Relief Fund Old Bridgeport : The Branch, 1896-. 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.534 #8 - Vertical File
Description based on: 5th 1899.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Hub Mines Branch
Annual report of the Hub Mines Branch of the Dominion Coal Company, Ltd. Employees' Relief Fund Nova Scotia : The Branch, 1905-. 12 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.534 #7 - Vertical File
Description based on: 1906.
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Dominion Coal Company Employees' Relief Fund. Caledonia Mines Branch
Annual report of the Caledonia Mines Branch of the Dominion Coal Company's Employees' Relief Fund Caledonia Mines : The Branch, 1896-. 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.534 #6 - Vertical File
Description based on: 4th 1898. Title varies.
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The sixties and subsequently 1912.
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Seven miles deep : mining faces from the Owen Fitzgerald collection / The Beaton Institute. Sydney : Cape Breton University Press, 2007. 198 pages : ports. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TR681 M64 B42 2007
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Coal O11 : coal and nature, coal and man New Waterford : Breton Education Centre, 1981. 177 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TN800 C63 1981
Breton Education Centre (New Waterford, N.S.)
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The company store : James Bryson McLachlan and the Cape Breton coal miners, 1900-1925 / by John Mellor. 1st ed. Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 1983. xviii, 362 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, por
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