A GRAVE CRISIS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3436, 16 March 1920, Page 3

A GRAVE CRISIS.

BRITITSEI MINERS’ T)I‘)M.a\NDS.

E"-‘»I7.(HN;\"ING OF A GREAT FIGHT. L()ND()N, March 13.

l "l‘he coal Ininel'.~:’ otlieial statement lsays: The committee I-e(a_onm,CmlS 3 (l-'.‘Hl‘dllLl ‘fox’ hig'hel' xmges fol}o“»'mg upon Mr Lloycl George 1-ofusa] to 1-9. Cluce the price of indil.<il'ial coal and reduce the amountt GXDQI-te(]_ ‘News. fpap(‘l's in'terpl'et flie t,leln-and as the 1 rniners’ reply 10 the 'l‘ra.de Union C 0“. gress vote against direc-t action, also as an effort of the miners to convince I‘m=le unionists geiierzilly that nationnlisation is the only e:cpe(]ignt to uni,-t :1 national coal strike. The nliner.<’ (lL‘!‘.l'.lll(l.< mean an :lel<li'.'j(-.n of 55 mg]li()n:< to the natimi'.~‘ veal bill, and in\'ul\'e.< :11: lll(']'(‘flS<‘(l prim» in (.031 of .3/ pm‘ ton. ‘ It is believed the miners have precipitated a grave situaltion, and that it is the beginning of at Q‘l‘L‘Eli‘[ fight. It is unlikely that thet Gcvevsnnient will. g‘rnn§ the (lenland.l Therefore there is danger of seriousi trouble arising on the coal fields. l PUP.-THEE FARTICULARS. I li().\Tl)(')N. March 12. .\ <-.mit‘cei-enee at’ the Miners’ Federaticn. by an over“ ll(‘lmin_g ma.jm'ity. (le-t-itlpd to lI'llYI1(‘(ll{ll(‘lV demand an'zld—vnnee in w:'i,r:e_c; at’ three sliillings per sliift For workc-rs over sixteen yeal‘.s“ of‘ :’qg'(‘. as f':'m‘n '.\lal'eh lst. Tlie exer-n----ti- is tn take innmwlizife Steps to t‘m'mnlzlte the appli<=:ll'l’mi and :_l.~'k,< far (111 'mt'el'\'ie\.\' with '.\[l' lilojml Gem‘,gve tn tlfseiiss it j’~:‘lOI‘ ‘QO I'e.<nnl}-‘lien OF. the confererwe on .\l:n'eh 24th. l Th we is (liil'r"‘(‘l".!'D Of ()Dini(m in then Ulu-‘v‘S' Feclerzirimfi. extremist.< . enm- 1 2-lninincr tlant the executive's p1'0])()S:1ll r-la.\,'e<l into the lmmls of the eapiml-| ist:~l.'nn(l .‘.ll'(‘ 11r_Q'in: that the miners": <lern:iml.< shmiltl not he l)aS(‘(l 011 what.' the imlusti'_y is able to bear, but (mi what the’ Wol‘l\'C’l‘S ()11'§_IlIf to have. 1 l?‘i:vall\' the e(mf’el'elw.e nver\\'helm—l i:l9'l\' neeeptwl the e.\:eout'ive’s ‘ree.om-‘ ~=~mu(l:1t'«-vi. ’}‘hn «-r-nt’m'eile ethen fltl-I ~fr»~~ryvr~(l till the ‘3-llh_ \\'llPl‘= it will re-l eeive the e.\'er'utive'.< report upon the "f‘Sl'll' of the zipplication.