The Labour Question
ANOTHER MINERS' STRIKE. fPer Press Association.] London, September 16. The miners are holding a conferouco. Tho majority aro reported to ho in favor of returning to work if the former toruis aro granted. Mr Fowlor. roplyinjj to a (inostiou in Parliamont rospoctiug the unotnplo.yed, said tho Government had no mouey to doyoto to their reliof. Ministers woro, however, cogmsuut of tiio terriblo naturo of the problem, and woro considering a schomo for the cultivation of waste lauds, which they hoped would afford some I relief. Tho Miners' Federation, by ballot, refuse to accept a reduction of wagos or rc~ fer tho matter to arbitration. J?Aitls, September 16. Tho French and Itelgiau miners hayo ordered a gouoral stnko for an adyanco iv wages. Bnr.ssias, September 10. Ono hundred and twonty-flvo thousand minors in Horinngc will go out on slriko ou Monday. Xr.wv.vs'ixr, This Day. Owing to tho nuinbor of minors out of work dire distress prevails iv tho mining township.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 68, 18 September 1893, Page 2
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162The Labour Question Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 68, 18 September 1893, Page 2
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