The Coal Strike

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 3, 28 November 1916, Page 2

The Coal Strike

NO SETTLEMENT YET. | BOTH SIDES FIRM. press Association —Copyright ; (Received 11-20 a.m.) Med bourne, November 28. | ■U the Coal Conference, the miners’ delegates stated that the Federation had given orders for the mines to be kept in a condition for immediate .e----1 .. ~.,,,.1- If intimidation sumption of voik. " 1,11111 was proved tliey would sec 111 1 would be discontinued immediately. They stated they were prepared Jo resume if granted eight hours bank-to-bank, and would confer with the. proprietors and endeavour to arrange the working conditions and wages tor the term of the war. Failing ft sotlenient within a month they . >™n < submit to a Moral Trilnmnl without cessation of work. The proprietors, disagreeing " l the men’s definition of the bank-to-bauk clause, refused to accept. The miners’ representatives stptec that Mr Hughes’ proposal was unsatisfactory and asked for time to g<> to the men and explain the "bole P< This n 'was refused, and the miners declined to appoint representatives to the Tribunal, stating that none of the men were in favour of al 1 r tion on the bank-to-hauk question. Mr Hughes said that whethei <). not men were represented, the bunal woul^^it^>“^^^^ a,v •