LITHCOW IRONWORKS.
FORCING THE OWNERS' HANDS. A THREATENED COAL STRIKE.
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SYNDEY. July 17, Tlic secretary of,the Western Miners’ Association stated to-night that the Lithgow Coal Association supplying the Hoskins’ brick works with coal, and the coal also going to tioskins’ brass furnaces from, the coast, unless Hoslcins was prepared to put back the miners wnoare members ot tho Western Assomat.oiy employed on ■ their ironstone tunnel to fill, the coal, the whole of the coal miners and coke workers of the hi ate will Strike" on Monday. Hoskins,, when •interviewed said he was sorry to hear KS decision, but there was Ho hope of restoring the works under three weeks.
TOwing to the 11011-passing of the Iron Bonus Bill, Messrs G. and C. Hoskins, owners of the Lithgow ironworks, state tnat they are 0 at a loss, and that they cannot continue unless the employees accept a reduction in wages, to bo refunded nr and when the Bonus Bill passes. X lie men refuse to accept the reduction, and the works, on which the township of Lithgow largely depends, 'were closed down. The employees oplaiiU that this is a lock-out.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2247, 20 July 1908, Page 3
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193LITHCOW IRONWORKS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2247, 20 July 1908, Page 3
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