THE COAL STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 241, 11 April 1912, Page 5

THE COAL STRIKE.

A SIGNIFICANT SECESSION." _ V By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, April 9. The Chirk miners have decided to secede from the North Wales Federatiom. PARTIAL RESUJtPTJON. London, April 9. There have been, accidents, due to the neglected conditions of the mines. Three miners were killed aird three injured by a fall of roof at Collin's Green Colliery, Lancashire. Work has not been resumed in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, where the men are disposed to await the settlement of the surfacemen's demand.

There has been only partial resumption in South Wales, owing to a similar cause. THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT. DISTRICT WAGES BOARDS. Received 10, 11 p.m. London, April 10. There has been a partial resumption of work in South Wales, owing to colliery officials acting as enginemen. Elsewhere the miners are preventing this. Six hundred miners at Leigh, in Lancashire, despite the police, compelled the miners at Abram's colliery to cease work. Similar disorders occurred at Bentley. near Doncaster.

The enginemen at Durham have accepted the mine-owners' terms.

There is much trouble in Lancashire through Mr. Greenall, president of the Lancashire and Cheshire Federation, stating that the boards will give the miners sixpence a day more if the strike continues for a week.

District wages boards are being formed in a majority of districts. South Wales, South Yorkshire and Lancashire have agreed to an independent chairman. North Wales, Somerset, Warwickshire. Northumberland, Durham and South Derbyshire failed to agree to the Board of Trade nominating a chairman. Altogether two hundred thousand miners are working. POVERTY BAY'S DONATION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. The Poverty Bay Herald closed its distress list to-day with £290 17s 6d. The Gisborne Times forwarded £7B 15s 6d to-day.