STRIKE PAY DWINDLINC.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1394, 21 March 1912, Page 7

STRIKE PAY DWINDLINC.

DISCONTENT IN SOUTH WALES. TOM MANN ARRESTED. (Rec March 20, 11.25 p.m.) London, March 20. The provision of a week's strike pay for four thousand miners at West Lothian has exhausted the local funds. Minor riots have occurred at Bells Hill (Lanarkshire), South Derbyshire, and St. Helens (Lancashire). Tho railway losses through tho strike already exceed half a million sterling. The North Wales miners' funds are exhausted. The smallness of some of tho strike pay in South Wales has occasioned dissatisfaction. Mr. Tom Mann has been arrested in connection with a speech at Salford, in which he associated himself with responsibility for a syndicalist's article inciting soldiers to mutiny. London, March 19. The Wakefield Guardians are granting non-unionists ss. a week. Repayment is expected. Tho Lancashire education authority is feeding many school children. One hundred and fourteen Sheffield firms, employing forty thousand persons, arc granting non-unionists .who are out of work 10s. weekly, the money to 1m repaid at tho rate of 2s. Gd. a week. Two pits, employing a thousand hands, have been permanently closed at Swansea, HEAVY HAND NEEDED. MINE-OWNER'S VIEW. London, March 19. Mr. D. A. Thomas, a Welsh coal-owner, in a letter to "Tlio Times," stales that before the strike the masters twice made overtures to the men to settle the question of "abnormal places," but elicited no response. The real cause of tho strike was that Socialists wero controlling the South Wale-, miners. The permanent interest- of the country would be best served by countering .'.vndicnl. ism with a heavy hand. Tho Govern.

ment wa3 attempting to cure a cancer with sticking plaster. COAL SHORTAGE IN AMERICA. NAVY SUPPLIES THREATENED. (Rec. March 20, 11.25 p.m.) Washington, Slarch 20. The coal shortage threatens the Navy supplies. The Secretary of the Navy Ims arranged for a conference with the )'iluminous coal operators with a view to ; l'curing an adequate supply. NEWCASTLE SHIFT TROUBLE. AGREEMENT IN SIGHT. Sydney, March 20. The Newcastle Conference ■ mutually agreed to tho question of tho abolition of the afternoon shift being referred to the Conciliation Committee for final treatment, each side appointing two extra members to the committee while tho question is being considered. Tho Joint Committee considers the matter to-day. Both parties have agreed to abide by the decision. The executive, of the Federal Council of Engine-drivers and Firemen's Federation has instructed its members working in the Newcastle district pits to the effect that in the event of the miners ceasing work, tho engine-drivers and firemen shall continue work so long as they are not called on to do tho work of strikers or to use non-union coal. (Re.c. March 20, 9.45 p.m.) Sydney, Slarch 20. The Conciliation Committee informally discussed the afternoon shift question, and then adjourned until Tuesday.