THE STRIKE LEADERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 277, 31 December 1909, Page 2

THE STRIKE LEADERS.

THE JUDGE'S STRICTURES. MEN ACCfcl'T TIME TO I'AY. By Cable.—Press Association.—Cop.-rlgßt Sydney, Thursday. Judge Leydon, iu fining the strike delegates and officials, said: "With men possessed of the confidence of their fellows their position wus an honorable one, but in cases of this kind that was in aggravation of the oll'cnce rather than hi mitigation. Tliey were accused of inllueneing their fellows against the law. They could not have done so if they were not men whom their fellows trusted. They had used their qualities] to fight the community and to bring about a calamity to the country, and could not now make a poor mouth when facts were brought home to them, rfo could not see why he should reduce the line, but would allow a mouth in which to pay." A number of men refused the concession and were preparing for gaol, but after consulting their counsel they agreed to accept time to pay.

.MEETING IN WELLING lON. APPEAL FOR FUNDS. Wellington, Last Night. James McWilliams, vice-president of the New South Wales Colliery Employees' Federation, addressed a meeting to-night under the auspices of the Trades and Labor Council. There was not a large attendance. After setting out the case from the miners' point of view, MoWilliams appealed for funds to help to carry on the struggle. The chairman, Mr. 1). McLaren, M.P., said an appeal for funds would be made throughout the Dominion by Mr. Manning, secretary of the New Zealand Miners' Federation. At the same time the Wellington Trade* and Labor Council intended to take independent action in this connection. SECESSION LEADERS ADDRESSING MEETINGS. Received Dec. 30, 11.55 p.m. Sydney, Uist Night. Poter Bowling and other secession leaders are addressing meetings ot southern miners.