MINERS' TROUBLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 April 1918, Page 4

MINERS' TROUBLES.

MEN TO RESUME WORK. By Telegraph—Press Association. Greymouth, April 6. Regarding the conference at Paparo* yesterday, Mr. Semple pays a tribute to the work of the Conciliation Commissioner for Mines and candidly approves the commissioner's suggestion for a settlement. He admits that there is no legal victimisation, but victimisation in the sense that a principled at slake that a man is the keeper ofjiis own body. A miner went home because he was sick, and the mine manager wished to usurp the doctor's duty and say the miner was not ill: The mine officials admit that there was no complaint about the minor previously) he was a good workman and obeyed orders promptly. 'Mr. Semple says a State mine settlement is at hand. A meeting Is being held to-day.

Creymouth. Last Night. It is officially announced that work at the State mines and Runanga will bt> resumed on Monday next, and that the Union met to-day, but what settlement they came to amongst themselves has not, so far, been made known. Later. The question of the continuance of the strike was submitted to a vote i>t the meeting of the union, with the result that a majority of nearly 3 to 1 decided to terminate the strike forthwith antl resume work on Monday- The voting figures were: For resuming 120, against 'lit. The Paparoa strike continues until the directors disclose their attitude towords the compromise formulated bv Concilation Commissioner. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. Massev lias* received the following telegram from the officers of the union in connection with the strike at the State mine: "The dispute settled; men resuni' ing work on Monday. The Paparoa dispute was thoroughly investigated yesterday by the commissioner and federation representatives. Your commissioner has forward 1 certain proposals to the director!-. "id yourself, which we endorse An exte-'-inn of time is necessary to gel their decision.—(Signed) Coppersmith and ifiemple