THE BLACKBALL STRIKE.
EVERYTHING QUIET AND ORDERLY. MIXERS TIRED OF THE STRIKE Press Association. GREYMOUTII, March 17.
Strikematters ’at Blackball are very quiet-, and yesterday a largo number of the miners attended the Grey races. The manager reports no change in the position, and he is only waiting developments. A miner speaking to an Argus reporter states that the old hands are tired of the strike, and if the question of resuming work was taken by ballot, instead of open voting, it would be decided in favor of ending the strike. No one tikes to take the stand, and so a deadllock continues.
Mr. Pritchard leaves for Christolmrch in the morning to canvass for support for the unions. Air. Guinness, M.P., spent the day in Blackball yesterday, and to the executive of the union lie states that the men are very determined to insist oil a half-hour cribbing being allowed before they resume work.
The miners are ’waiting to see what success the delegates have with the unions before deciding on a further course of ’action.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2142, 18 March 1908, Page 2
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176THE BLACKBALL STRIKE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2142, 18 March 1908, Page 2
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