Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 100, 28 August 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

10,000 MEN ON STRIKE. THE TROUBLE SPREADING. United Press Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) London, August 27. The miners of South Wales are angry because the Government did not receive the deputation. Nearly ten thousand struck to-day and it is feared the trouble will spread. INTERPRETATION OF AWARD.

(Received 9 a.m.) London, August 27

Sir («'. R. Askwith, when invited to interpret his bonus percentage, taking Northumberland district as a test case, decided that it cannot he extended beyond the/maximum of a sixty-five percentage on the standard rates, which was embodied in the agreements prior to the present abnormal conditions. As the above maximum had not been reached, the men were not entitled to their demand for an additional eleven per cent.

The executive ,ef t)ht? -Welsh miners is sending a deputatiinitOi'London and has requested the Wsoo ■-riven to resume. ■'.' Ail'l- .- . •,'i If ' . i '■'•'! l : SCOTTISH-MINERS OBTAJN I N-> „.,^«,- I « t ,. !C , R . E . AgE;J MM.tWMX«>«,. . ..■■,! S ; ,— r- .. r. wrwr •;..•, , ; (Recejjved. 8. oov-a. in.) , i.ij -•» i;'i. ,i .lin: . London,, August-. .27.; i . Sir G. R, Askwith awarded Scottish miners an advance of 6} per centum, thus raising the wages by three pence per day to 8s (id. The men claimed 0 shilling increase. QERMAN NEWSPAPER COMMENT

/ j (Received 12.40 p.m.) i :***•'"--'-'Amsterthmtr August* 27

1 German newspapers,comment on,the ing the munitions. Some interpret it as the first, sign of England's weariness of war.

. The- 'CologneGazette .says Lloyd George can do. wonders, I.mt.not the wonder of pacifying the ~Welsh miners.