THE BLACKBALL STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1916, Page 5

THE BLACKBALL STRIKE.

STATEMKXT BY MTXERS' TION. JIIXKRS' 'ANTIPATHY TO 00% '■ SCMPTIOtf. '•" :

By Telegraph.— Press AuoelatlcjL ) Wellington, Last Night; , : The Hon, VV. % Mac Donald, Mtairt*, for Mines, states that he received jj»#!-,-fcrmation to-day from the Statet ffljoea' '- that everything was going on latiafaoy ' lorily so far as tlipy were coneernwL Regarding the Blackball miners, Mr' ' Mac Donald said he understood that taa)' Miners' Federation delegate*, who had'!'. been interviewing Mr, Alien and Mffl-j£ self, were returning to Blackball to foD--the position before the men, wjtfc a£:> view to arriving at a settlement, tofe: that it was quite possible there wqaM! be no further development till' *•» arrived there.

Mr. Arbuckle (soerctarv) and Mr ,RJ v ; Semple (agent of the Coal Miners'- FedJ * oration) made the following; joint .fbttol $ ment concerning Blackball:— The Jtt» ' have taken the initiative on th«n«eivisv ■.; The executive has advised them to Ifr* I'.i sumo work. With regard to tile (fenwrrf '; that other mines will atop on Monday,} -'.'l we put the statements down as ramori >: which are not likely to eventuate af \ present. At any rate, the executive W ' bound to have something to say beforal ■ that happens. There is a tremendous . '. feeling of indignation amongst m!nen| regarding conscription, and grim deteri mination on theii part that their liberty' shall not be'encroached on by what they! ■ deem to lie the evil and unnecessary policy on the part of the Governments . Wo are. determined that if anything M - done, it must be done in a firm and) businesslike,way, and not spasmodically. l ' We do not encourage sectional action ov the part of any union, as M wpuldj not be effective. "■'.',