LABOUR TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3578, 14 September 1920, Page 6

LABOUR TROUBLES.

BRITISH MINING CRISIS.

PERILOUS DAYS. LONDON, Sept. 11

Mr R. S. Horne (Minister of Labour). interviewed, declared that a strike was inevitable if the miners refused to abate their demands, which j were unjust. The Government was menaced by an industrial strike for a Thai; Ur ado union congress had closed. - ..Mu Thomas was head of the list in the election of a Parlian&feVaty it was significant that Mr Smillie, w o was M£e. VrfM, /committee, was big vote. Ur Thomas, mTEtST closing speech, , tfce 1 need l fof* tfddc-imion ) ■ unity in view of the difficulties of_ the next'ibw 'wcbks. ' They r ti6*'-* w low prepudice iniTuence '* their decisions; were not ene- ‘ mies of their country, but their counf try’ could not be to ft&de art happy by bloodshed on field, That was best attained by Jg’. ing comfort to cottage the'next favT'iveeks every action should be thought out. WlAftt they were determined to do justice-to their own class they were equaHy de- f termincd to keep in mind the infer- T ests of the whole community. WHO ARE THE TYRANTS IiABOUR LEADER’S SANE REVIEW OF THE SITUATION. LONDON. Sept. 11. The Labour newspaper Democrats. , edited by Mr Appleton, secretary the eGneral federation of Trade Unions, states: It is not fair for Mr Thomas to say trusts, and' combinations of capital formed in self-de-fence should not exist to the pi ejudice o£ the public, when'vasU combinations of labour, originally formed for self-defence .are rapidly becoming predatory bodies, making life impossible for the rest of us. It is only necessary to notice the number of strikers and number of would-be producers who are unable to produce because those immediately in front or behind them have ceased to work. In order to realise that labour itself has become a very serious menace to those sections of workers who would vv-ork if given a chance, it is only necessary to listen to the wild talk going on —the threats of revolution socialization, threats of anything and everything except settling down to work and letting other people work —to realise who ha s really stood in the way of production at this critical time.’ 7

Messrs Bromley and Williams and other delegates at the Tracies Union Congress attacked Mr Appleton, accusing him of scurrilous abuse of the ■wage movement, persistent atacks on the Triple Alliance and vilification of Mr Smillie, IP THE COMMUNITY IS LOYAL. y.\- ' • . . ADEQUATE FOOD WILL BE I AVAILABLE. , j LONDON, Sept. 11. Mr. McCurdy in making his announcement added that 'while a strike: in a great key industry like coal-min-ing must lead to hardship, he as satisfied that given the loyal co-oper-ation of the community, and a general determination to maintain civil order, the arrangements made' will secure the country adequate if restricted. supplies of food. SUMMONING OF PARLIAMENT URGED. LONDON, Sept. 12. The “News’of the World” and the 4 ‘Sunday Times”* urge the summoning of Parliament in view of the coal

cruis. The miners’ strike notices have been sent in, but a substantial percentage in Ehymncy Valley have withheld theirs, while considerable hesitation and indifference are shown in Yorkshire and parts of Northumberland. Hopes are now centred in

the miners 7 executive meeting in London on Tuesday.