BRITISH COAL CRISIS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1925, Page 2

BRITISH COAL CRISIS

[Australia A X.Z. Cable Association.] I’ll EM I El! EXAMINING REPORT. LONDON. Jul', 'B. The Unmicr. Air Baldwin. -pent tlm day in examining the Coal Inquiry's report. and lie had a conference with Lord Slamfnrdham. the King’s secretary. and with Hon. Mr Bridgeman.

NO COAL TO 1!E TRANSPORTED LONDON. July 28.

Mr Cramp, the R-uilwa.vmen’s secretary. speaking at AVocdlord. warned the railway companies of iho .seriousness o.f the railwaymeii’s proposed embargo on coal, which embargo was essential, because tlie railwavnien feared tluit a reduction in their wages would follow a reduction of the miner- - wages. “If railway companies dismiss the men for refusing to handle coal.” lie said, “the whole of the railway-men will be embroiled, resulting in the nearest approach yet seen to a general industrial upheaval, of which nobody can forsee the outcome.’’ “Further.’' lie said, “as l'resident of the International Transport- Workers' Federation. I will do my utmost to prevent foreign coal from coming in. If Mr Baldwin is wise, he will find some way of carrying on the coal industry until a reasonable settlement is achieved." LONDON, duly 20. Mr Bromley, the Secretary of the Locomotive Engineers' Federation, at a mass meeting at King's Cross, said that, if the railway-men stood aside in the mining struggle, they would suffer, becau-e the train services would be greatly restricted, an I their society’s fund- would be drawn upon in any case. It would b<- better to -pend the motley in going into the fight with their comrades. The duty of the rail-way-men was to line up with the miner-. who would light to the death.