A STRIKE PROBABLE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 507, 14 May 1909, Page 6

A STRIKE PROBABLE

1 ——■ TROUBLE AT STATE MINE EXTENSION WORKS. . DISMISSAL OF THREE MEN. (BT TIiLEGRArH —riIE3S ASSOCIATION.) Groymouth, May 13. 'I'llore is every prospoct of a striko at tUo State Mine Extension works. Tko authorities, last week, dismissed three men' from tho tunnol works without giving any reason. A mooting of the union was held on Saturday night, when tho following resolution was carried:— That if the Lhreo men were not reinstated, pending an inquiry, tho union would give tho district engineer twenjtyono days' notice of their intention to cease work. It was decided that the President and Secretary (Mr. Fry) should interview the district engineer, with a view to ascertaining if an honourable settlement of the dispute could not ho arrived at. They held several interviews with him, but these were of no avail, so yesterday morning, acting on ■ the instructions of the meeting of the union on Saturday, they attended at the Public Works Office and served Mr. Lewis with a! formal notice that the union would cease work in 21 days from that date, if tho three men were not reinstated. The secretary of the union states that tho engineer has no fault to find with tho work done by the men, but complains of the way they spent their money after earning it.