WORK AND WAGES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 138, 20 September 1910, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES

LOCK-OUT THREATENED. 200,000 MINERS INVOLVED. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received September 10, 1-1.30 p.m. London, September 19. Eleven hundred and seventy-one lodges supported tie Executive's proposal to levy Is per member to support the Cambrian men striking a month hence. Fourteen hundred and eightythree lodges favored a ballot for a generai strike. The masters, who have long feared that a strike was inevitable, are expected to reply to the Cambrian colliers by locking out 200,000 miners. LOCK-OUT PAY WITHHELD. London, September 18. Lock-out pay is still withheld from the boilermakers, and the general impression is that the want of money will hasten the settlement of the dispute. STRIKE OF MINERS. London, September 18. Twelve thousand Welsh, miners have derided to strike to-morrow, regardless of the conference's decision. THE CAMBRIAN .MINERS. London, September 19. At/the Cardiff Conference, the Miners' Executive pointed out the enormous financial responsibility if -the masters, sued 12,000 for breach of contract for •topping without notice, wherein the Cambrian colliers were without, defence. WRONG KIND OF UNIONISM, ILL-TREATMENT OF NON-STRIKERS. Received September 19, 11.31 p.m. Paris, September 19. Lesuer, a plumber, has been sentenced to thirteen months' imprisonment at Paris for instigating! the maltreatment of six non-strikers, who were carried to the offices of a trade onion, gagged and kept without food for a day, finally being taken to a labor exchange and tied . to a post. Strikers spat in their faces and assaulted them. Other outrages were also committed against the nonetrikers. SLAUGHTERMEN NEED MONEY. Received September 19, 11.30 p.m. Sydney, September 19. The Labor Council is appealing for financial assistance for the families of slaughtermen. It is stated that 550 have / been out for seven weeks, and the union funds cannot stand the strain much longer.