THE COAL TROUBLE ON THE COAST

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3049, 10 April 1917, Page 6

THE COAL TROUBLE ON THE COAST

NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS

A PROTEST AGAINST CONSCRIPTION . ; ■ By Telegraph—Press Associati an. Westport, April 9. :: • There are 110 new; developments con--;f.-cerning• the 'strike'-at the mines. The Easter holidays are - usually taken on Monday and. .Tuesday, .so .it' may/not be known until Wednesday'whether the miners, or a. section of, them, intend to resume work. It is understood that is , meeting will be held at Denniston to- \> morrow morning, but its purpose has - not yet been disclosed; It is suggest- ! ced that'it may be to review the decision, previously arrived at, to cease work. ' ' /'- ■ The miners wish it to be understood i>' that their decision is purely an anti..conscrrption resblution, being as follows':—»■ . • a' - - "We,. the members' of 1 the Denniston, Millerton, and Stockton Collieries' Industrial Union of Workers, enter our ■' protest against the Conscription Act by cessation of work, and demand the immediate repeal of the Act. We wish to State that we have no quarrelwith the companies "whatever. In the! present instance the'issue'is conscription :: alone,_ and nothing else,'but .the conscription strike has. nothing to do with ■ • the recent arrests,- or the adverse de- ■ cision of the appeal cases, nor is it the T-result of the failure of recent negotia- : tions with the mine owners." The voting was:— , '' For.' Against. * . • Denniston ............ 208 20 ' : ' Millerton .. 204 ,;3Q , Stockton _ Unanimous-, The watersiders at Westport licit! a meeting this morning, but havn no decision to make publici It is understood that they have decided to . continue working pending a decision by the fed- : eration. • '