THE COAL TRADE.
A GRAVE SITUATION. i GREAT RUSK OF A GENERAL STRIKE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, February 2. The South Wales masters claim damages from the men for their refusal to work an extra sixtv hours. Their claims aggregate £300,000. The colliers have retaliated by claimin f payment for short coal, for which the existing agreement does not enforce payment. The Northumberland miners continue to fiercely oppose three shifts. It is expected the Northumberland ballot next week will order a strike Mr. Burt reports that the s'ituation~is "rave, and that there is great risk of a general strike, which be deprecates.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 306, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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102THE COAL TRADE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 306, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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