2a
[Situations Vacant, The West Australian, Tuesday 14 November 1911, page 10]
MEN SEEKING WORK ADVISED NOT to COME to WHIM CREEK before consulting Union.
Labour trouble imminent.
JOHN O'NEILL, See. A.W.A., Whim Creek.
2b["News and Notes", The West Australian, Monday 04 December 1911, page 6]
Industrial Trouble at Whim Creek.--The secretary of the Australian Labor Federation (Mr. A. McCallum) on Saturday, received the following telegram from Whim Creek in regard to the long-standing industrial trouble at that centre:--"Men brought here under agreement by combine without being notified of dispute. Refused start work. Prosecuted and ordered refund £5 fare within fortnight, in default month's gaol."
2c["Strikers Fined", The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 04 December 1911, page 7]
STRIKERS FINED.
Perth, Sunday.
The miners at the Whim Creek Copper Company's mine in the north-west who recently ceased work as a protest against four shifts were proceeded against by the company in the local court for breach of agreement. In the agreement it was provided the men should receive union wages, but the men complained the company's rates were below those of other mines in the district. The men were ordered to refund the steamer fare of £5 each paid by the company, in default a month's imprisonment.