STRIKE OF STATE MINERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 259, 8 December 1909, Page 3

STRIKE OF STATE MINERS.

m MINERS* FEDERATION INTERVIEW THE GOVERNMENT. I, STRIKERS TO BE ADVISED TO He- RESUME WORK. thi GRIE VANCES TOBE LOOKED INTO, enr. ' u m , . ""—~ on y Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. executive of the Miners' Federation urates that in asking for the miiiagemeut to do the trucking at Pomi fcuzabeth, the miners are only asknig for what obtains in other mines. The • men now on strike are asking merely >nt .Lwi? i ta a P° siti °n of equality L, r™ ™ other coal mine 9 'n ">e Domined ""?• T ?y adniit that ffieir demand innf « ™ e em P lo .™ent of an additional ° I 8 ° r 20 men, but as against this, 'l;e >ce output must be greatly increased when -fie a miner is able to spend his whole time hewing coal. In the mine at Point Elizabeth the pillars are exceptionally high, rendering the work of timbering more difficult ami dangerous. Hence it is absolutely necessary that not loss i„ than two men should attend to timoeihe l n S- Tl, e miner while working at the at i! l . ee ? ets in' o « heavy perspiration. on " ire <% he leaves tlie face with his lie truck of coal he removes into an aiidd wa T' * h<,r(> titt!re is « current of he ™ ,(l a "'' al "' is of ten obliged to stand re there for ten to fifteen minutes, with, as tDe ,." s,llt t»»t •>« is prone to contract a chill and, in any case, lie is not fully Hi , • ~w Mal when he returns to thi face. After trucking, the minere in this particular mine arc obliged to use safeiy lamps which in time impair the sight. It is dangerous for the men who have to use safety lamps to do the trucking w a.nd Jigging. b Under all the circumstances the min--5e ers' executive interviewed the Prime •a Minister and Minister for Mines this evening. As a result of the conference r e the executive obtained an assurance ' e that the Minister for Mines will visit the mine after the session and will en•d quire into everything alleged with a ie view to giving the men at Point Elizasr beth conditions not less favorab'e than y those now obtaining at other mines. i glider th»«e circumstances the executive ig has decided to advise the men now on r. strike to resume work.