MINERS' DISPUTES.
- EN WALES AND NORTH OF ' .- ENGLAND. EIGHT HOURS ACT. Ry To!oßrai)h—Press Association—CoDyrlcfct London, February 2. The South Wales colliery owners claim damages from the Miners' Union for fusal to work the extra sixty hours. allowed under tho Eight Honrs Act, aggregating. .£330,000 sterling. ■' -.. Tho colliers have retaliated by claiming payment fos... short. coal, for: which the existing. agreement does not enforce pay'mehfc;''...'' .: ; :''v^. ; .v.:r;/ v The Northumberland,miners, continue lo fiercely oppose the three shifts', system, •It is expected ' that' the': Northumberland ballot next week will order a strike. ■ Mr. Thos. .Burt (formerly; Labour..: and now'.Liberal, member for - Morpeth, and for. many. years: secretary of-.the Miners' : National, Union), reports that -the situation is grave, and there is' great'risk!,of a. general strike, which ho deprecates.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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125MINERS' DISPUTES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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