Miners' Strikes.
iPer Press Association.) Sydney, Tbis Day. Because two lads employed as wheel* ers were paid a little less than the regulation wages, tbe wheelers at Burwood colliery struck, throwing 240 men ont of work. Tbe management contemplate closing down altogether. The strike at Lucknow bas resolved itself into a waiting game- Both sides are confident of victory. The manager, while admitting he has not yet engaged any practical miners has taken on guffi* cient men for the present requirements of the mine.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 45, 21 August 1897, Page 2
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84Miners' Strikes. Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 45, 21 August 1897, Page 2
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