MINERS' DEMANDS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 289, 31 August 1920, Page 5

MINERS' DEMANDS

COMPROMISE MAY BE ARRANGED

INCREASED WAGES FOR GREATER OUTPUT

By Toleßrarn—Preße Assoolation—Copyright London, August 29. It is generally bolifcvcd thuti the coal strike will not eventuate, but that mediation will result in tho resumption of negotiations balweeu thel Government and tile minora' leaders. A compromise may be arranged on a- basis of increased wages for an increased output of coal. Although the mines nro employing 100,000 more, workers than before tho war, the annual output is- 58 million tons less, and the high wages, combined with iflio reduced output, are making coal dear. It is reported from Blvth that th* miners' leaders are considering a proposal to call off the projected strike, and to restrict tho work fo four days, until the accumulated stocks in the country aro exhausted. It is estimated thnii over 100,000 pitboys voted in the miners' ballot. This is an nnpreeedentod feature of such a ballot.—Aus.-N.Z. > Cable Assn. COMPOSITORS AGREEMENT FLOUTED MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL PAPERS NOT PUBLISHED. (Rec. August 30, 9.5 p.m.) London, August SO. Owing to tho local compositors refusing to abide by the national agreement which recently settled the wages.claim, no newspapers were published to-day m Manchester or Liverpool. This is only the second occasion'on which the "Manchester Guardian" has not published for nearly 100 years, and the first occasion in regard to the "Liverpool Echo" for 112 years—Aus,-N.Z. Cable Assn.