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STRIKING FERNHILL MINERS NEARLY THREE HUNDRED HOURS UNDERGROUND Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 9. (Received September 10, at 1.5 p.m.) Shielding their eyes with their hands and staggering after a record of 292 hours’ entombment, the Fernhill stayin strikers returned to daylight to-day, black-faced and heavily bearded. Two doctors awaited the men, but they were not needed. The men’s first demand was for cigarettes. The strike ended following a decision to submit the dispute to arbitration. [A message received on September 3 stated: “We shall stay below till Christmas dinner, if necessary,” say 63 miners of the Fernhill Colliery, Glamorgan, who have been striking underground for 135 hours. They pass the time in games, concerts, and mock trials. One miner was brought up ill, and another came up because his wife was ill. The dispute concerns the wages of a dozen men. The manager states that thero will be no discussion until the miners come to the surface. A thousand other employees are striking in sympathy.]
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Evening Star, Issue 22440, 10 September 1936, Page 9
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169RETURN TO DAYLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 22440, 10 September 1936, Page 9
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