Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Charles Carlow akafa muna January 1923, akatsiviwa naAugustus Carlow somutungamiriri anotarisira. Asi pakanga pasina chinjo yokukurumidza muzvirongwa zvokukura zvekambani. Mugore rimwe chetero, migodhi yemarasha yaEarl weRosslyn, yaigona kubudisa matani 500 000, yakatengwa, ichiteverwa neOakley Collieries muna 1924. Ikoko kwakabvumikisa kuva kutenga kwokupedzisira. Indasitiri yemarasha yeBritain yakatarisana nezvinetso zvinowedzera mumisika yayo yekutengesa kunze kwenyika mukutarisana nemakwikwi anobva kuFrance, Germany nePoland, zvose zvine mibairo yakaderera. Kushaya kwokukwikwidzana kwakawedzera muna April 1925 nokudzokera kumwero wendarama pakukoshesa kwakakwirira kwe sterling. Fife Coal pachayo yakanga ichirasikirwa nemari uye dzvinyiriro pavashandi vomumigodhi kuti vagamuchire mibairo yakaderera yakaguma nokurova kwavashandi vomumigodhi pakuvamba kwaMay 1926. Mazuva maviri gare gare TUC yakadana kuramwa mabasa kukuru
mukutsigira vashandi vomumigodhi. Pashure pemazuva mapfumbamwe kuramwa basa kwacho kwakamiswa asi vashandi vomumigodhi vakaramba vachirwisana kusvikira muna November.