THE WELSH MINERS
NATIONALISATION AND A MINIMUM WAGE. By Cable—Press Association— Onnvriplit. London, May 14. At a largely-attended meeting, held in Trafalgar Square, on behalf of the South Wales strikers' fund, a resolution was passed that as the earnings of 20,000 pit men working full time, averaged under 21s weekly, tliev demanded the nationalisation of the mines and the statutory minimum wage of 28s. Mr. Keir Hardie said that strikes in future were going to embrace the whole country. He was not sorry the employers had combined, as that fact had knocked a little sense into some very thick heads.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 302, 16 May 1911, Page 5
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100THE WELSH MINERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 302, 16 May 1911, Page 5
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