MINERS TO STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 5

MINERS TO STRIKE.

I THE MASTERS' PROBABLE.. REPLY. A LOCK-OUT. SERIOUS TROUBLE IN WALES. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. r London, September 18. Twelve thousand of ! the Cambrian Company's miners have decided to strike to-morrow, regardless of the conference's decision. (Eec. September 19, 9.30 p.m.); London, September 18. , The conference of. the Miners' Executive, held at Cardiff, pointed out the enormous financial responsibility involved if the masters sued the 12,000 men 1 , for breach of contract for stopping without notice, as regards which;'the Cambrian colliers were without' defence. Eleven hundred and seventy-one lodges supported the executive's proposal for a levy, a month hence of .Is. per member in support of the Cambrian men strikFourteen hundred and eighty-three' lodges favoured a ballot on the proposal for.a general. strike. The masters, who have long feared that a strike was inevitable, are expected to reply to the Cambrian colliers by locking out two hundred thousand miners. SHIPBUILDING TROUBLE. _'■ London, September 18. ■ Lock-out pay is still,.being, .withheld' ■feom the boilermakers.' .There is general impression that lack of. money will hasten a. settlement. AN.-APPEAL .FOB ASSISTANCE. (Eeo. September 19,; 10.20" p.m.) ; ..':.■■ Sydney, September 19. The Labour Council is'. appealing for financial assistance for the.families of.i.the slaughtermen. They state. that 550 men. have been out of work for seven weeks, and the union funds: cannot stand the strain much longer.' ; . , '..;'.. ."