WELSH STRIKE CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 5

WELSH STRIKE CRISIS

DEADLOCK AT LLANELLY. By Tclcsrapli—Press Association—Copyriciit Lofrdon, Dec-ember 4. Three hundred drivers havo struck in tho Llanelly district, though the union officials state that no strike pay will be allowed, Sir. \V. H. Thomas urges that tho action is unconstitutional. Five hundred men aro idle owing to the holding up of local wagons at Llanelly. Tho Great Western Railway engine* men at Cardiff strike to-day. All the Jlid-Glamorgan eollicrics have siopped. I ronworks at Neath and Port Talbot are closing for lack of coal. Tho railway men at Cardiff and Mortliyr havo struck. Ton thousand colliers aro idlo iii tho Maesteg and Bridgend districts. The Paddiiigton express lias boon cancelled. TWENTY THOUSAND IDLE. (lite. December 5, 11.50 p.m.) London, December Twenty thousand miners an> idle in Wales. After J|r. Thomas had addressed the meeting at Llanelly, tho two drivers, Reynolds and James, in whom tho strike originated, signed an expression of regret, .which was forwarded to. the Railway Company. The meeting warned the two drivers that unless they signed, it might be thrown over. ENGINEERS POLITICAL FUND, London, December 4. • In the ballot of tlio amalgamated engineers, out of a membership of 140,000, 20,586 voted in favour of a political fund, and 12,740 against. MINERS' MINIMUM WAGE ACT. London, December 4. Tho Appeal Court lias decided that tho Coal Minos Minimum Waae Actdues not empower joint district boards j to ascertain tho minimum wage earned at piecework. Tho decision affects 180,000 workers.