COAL STRUGGLE OVER

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 44, 16 November 1926, Page 9

COAL STRUGGLE OVER

TERMS DISTASTEFUL BUT BEST MINERS' LEADERS COULD OBTAIN BREAK-UP OF FEDERATION THE ALTERNATIVE By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright. (Rec. November 15, 7.5 p.m.) London, November 15. Mr. Joseph Hall, financial secretary of the Miners’ Association of Yorkshire, speaking at Birdwell, said the struggle was over, and though the terms were distasteful they were the best the miners’ leaders could obtain. They were the worst any industrial movement had ever had forced upon it. The alternative to acceptance was a complete break-up of the federation.

COST OF STRIKE TO BRITAIN GOVERNMENT FOUGHT FOR WHOLE COUNTRY NO INTENTION OF RESIGNING London, November 14. The Home Secretary (Sir William Joynson-Hicks), in a speech at Barnstaple, said the. coal strike had cost the country £400,000,000. It was a strike against economic facts. The naked truth was that a quarter of a million miners would never find work in the pits. The Government had. fought for the country as a whole, was greater than either the owners or the miners had ’done. It certainly did not intend to resign because the revolutionaries demanded it. There was no need for a general election for at least three years. COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD SUCH CONFLICTS MR. THOMAS ON THE SITUATION London, November 14. Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., speaking at a railwaymen’s demonstration at Blackpool, said that nobody wins credit for the handling of the coal dispute.. The Government, the owners, and the and dependent for four days out of six upon the foreigners for food, cannot afford such conflicts.— Sydney Sun Cable. responsibility of employers (Rec. November 15, 7.5 p.m.) London, November 15. Mr. Thomas, at Blackpool said that now there was a moral obligation on all sections to try to save something from the wreck. “The first thing to be avoided is gloating over the miners defeat. There is a big responsibility upon the employers in the districts. The men must be allowed to go back to work feeling that there is a genuine desire to play cricket and make the best of the circumstances.’

BONUS FOR WORKING MINERS FOR CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES London, November 14. In appreciation of the loyalty of ten thousand miners who resumed on August 20, the Bolsover Colliery Company has given them ten weeks’ bonus, varying from ss. to 12s. a week, to enable Christmas festivities.—Sydney “Sun” Cable. GREAT FLOOD OF TRADE EXPECTED WHEN MUDDLE ENDS (Rec. November 15, 7.5 p.m.) London, November 15. “Prepare for a great flood of trade when the coal muddle ends,” said Mr. Gilbert Vyle, president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. “We have been able to hold a good deal of our business by good-will and prestige, and people abroad have believed in us, so I hope all the business which was in sight before the strike began will not be lost.” RIVER CLYDE AS COALCARRIER London, November 14. The steamer River Clyde, of Gallipoli landing fame, now owned by a Spanish firm and renamed the Angela, is at present engaged in bringing American coal to England. > INDUSTRIAL PARLIAMENT • ADVOCATED TO DEAL WITH DISPUTES «w (Rec. November 15, 7.5 p.m.) London, November 15. Mr. C. P. Cramp, railwaymen’s industrial general secretary, speaking at Middlesbrough, advocated the establishment of an industrial Parliament to deal with trade disputes, which should be free from party; politics and class domination, every interest being represented. If a certain industry could not give a proper subsistence wage it should be recognised. If this were impossible it would be better for that business to be closed down altogether.