THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERY STRIKE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 307, 13 October 1888, Page 3

THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERY STRIKE.

WORK TO BE RESUMED AT THE STOCKTON MINE. ' The " Sydney Morning Herald " says : The idea of holding an aggregate meeting of miners on Thursday has fallen through owing to the veto ot the lodges in the district, consequently things remain as they were. The miners at the SLockton Colliery will resumo work tomorrow morning much to their satisfaction. Tho men are thoroughly sick of the sbiike, and the only regret is that fchey ever left their work. They hnd themselves wor^e off by six weeks' earnings, and have to return to wotk precisely on the same terms as those which were in existence when they ceased work. Besides, they are under the adverse circumstance of having toeubmitto whatever conditions are ultimately decided upon by thea&sociated masters, this stipulation being one of the conditions of the contract. It was felt in the early part of the day that the effect of the district vote would be to call an aggregate meeting, and thereby probably defeat the intentions of the Stockton Company and its miners ; but this was dispelled at a later stage, when it becams known that the district miners would not consent to an aggregate meeting. The agreement was not signed by Mr Cuiley and. the three requisite members of the delegate board, owing to the absence of these officials, but the secretary's promise to comply with the request was as good, as his hand under the circumstances, and the manager of the colliery accepted such as binding. All things are now in readiness for working the mine. The hordes have been lowered into the workings, the pit pumped out, and the arrangements completed for operations. The miners who are to work the day shift ballotted for places, and prepared themselves generally for earnest toil. The Company is casting about for men to work the second shift, and already a large number of applications have been received fiom the miners in the district for the vacancies. It is proposed to put nearly 600 men into the mine if obtainable, and thus double the output. It is fcaicl that the contract with the Melbourne Gas Company is for the supply of 600,000 tons ■within three years, and to accomplish this they will have to raise 200,00 U tons a-year, a veiy heavy undertaking. No change in the present state of affairs can take place till next Tuesday, when the masters hold a meeting in Sydney to discuss the situation. The mediation committee will place an agreementjoefore them, which members of the committee hope will be acceptable to both parties. The impression is that something tangible will be the result, and that the crisis will be ended by holding a formal conference between the committees of both sides. It will be going too far to predict what the upshot will be. It is paid that the sibLing of the delegate board yesterday broke up in confusion by the chairman, Mr Goundry, abruptly leaving his post. Superintendent Mears, of the police foice, who has had chai-ge of the police in Newcastle since the redi^position of the troops and the police at West Wallser-d, Ava& relieved to-day by Sub-inspectoi Dufty, of Maitland. This change is owing to the end of the non-union woik at Greta. Inspector Brennan, of Sydney, has letumed thither, together with a good many constables who were especially camped at Greta. The manager of the West Wallsend Company das seemed the&ervues of 40 additional miners, principally Italians and Germans, and they are working; to his entire satisfaction. Fully one hundred more will be engaged immediately, and comfortable quarteis are being provided for them. Mr Peirott, the police magistrate of tho district, and Inspectors Brennan and Lynch, have been constantly on duty since the work was resumed. The next businers of importance will be the removal of small coal from the Wallsend mine.

ALL NIGHT IN A WATER-RACE. An accident which is feared will terminate fatally occurred to a fanner named McVeigh, resident at Spring Greek, near Alexandra. While he Mas diiving along a lonely road the vehicle jolted, throwing him with\ great violence into a deep water-race, where he lay insensible for some time. On recovering consciousness he tried to call out, but had not strength enough to do so. He lay all night with the water rushing over him, which increased sometimes owing to the hea\ y rains, until he was all but drownpd In the morning he was found by a neighbouring farmer and taken care of. Hi 3 spine is injured and his condition is most critical.

THE DARING ROBBERY IN MELBOURNE. Arthur Douglas, alias David Kennedy, a housebreaker, has been identified as one of the unen who robbed the lad Fester of £176 in ouch a daring manner in Carlton the other evening. The lad Foster did not identify the man as one of his assailants, but two lads, spectators of the occuirence, swore to him.

PECULIAR SHOOTING CASE. A shooting case, presenting some peculia features, is leported to have occuried a* 5 Brocklesby, an agricultural centre in the Albury district. Alice Parnaby, a girl 12 years of age, residing with her aunt, was in the habit of playing with a boy named Thomas Jones. A lew days ago the lad attempted to kiss the girl, when she ran from him. The boy followed, calling out he would shoot her. Meeting the girl the following day some distance from home, the boy deliberately fiied a gun containing a charge of laige shot at the ghl, and several ol the pellets entered her legs. Sle was taken to Walbundrie and treated by a medical man, and the boy was arrested and brought before tho Police Couit, charged with maliciously wounding. A remand for a fortnight was granted, when tho girl is expected to be sufficiently recovered to give evidence.

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