STRIKE AT WAIHI.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1920, Page 5

STRIKE AT WAIHI.

I—MINE ENGINEERS STOP WORK. ' MINERS MAY BE INVOLVED By Telegraph—Prest A«eocl«tt o n. Waihi, Last Night, ti a," conference of delegate* of he Olunemuri branch of the Atouigm* ted .Society of Engineers and Mine-own-ff "j a - s d y ester <ifty afternoon, with: the object of reaching a new industrial' agreement, but the parties to the dispute failed to reach an understanding. ,'V being placed before members at a general meeting, a strike was carried by 41 votes to 12, with the ' Jesuit that the men ceased work this morning, * There are rumors that the Miawg l Liuon, wlip are in sympathy with ths engineers, intend to hold a stop-work meeting to-morrow. Recognising the gravity of the posi, If I®. P° ssil,ilil y w» extension tie Ho,r'w e 'H H layor tel '^ ra P lled . 10 "' "■ "• Hemes an appeal to merveiic m the dispute between the f w P^' e V and , the asked. ,Btioncommissioner uZt- of overtime to be paid and ( issiie'" S S" are ti,e mai " p° int « at! e , . Tlle companies were not preSt bv T th f overtime »*« • .'F X 1 men ' - vho demanded time and a half for the first throe hours ana double time thereafter; also double time for Sundays and all holidays. To these demands the men decided to adhere, and were not prepared to accept the suggestion of the mine owners that they should wait until the' Auckland agreement was drafted, when tho owners would be prepared to fithj consider the points at issue. overtime clauses under the oldagreement prov.ded for the pivm„t of •me and a quarter for J tet two iour.s, time and a half for tho n»xt and r^' l f dol,b,e J il,le hereafter, Zl and a half on Sundays, Labor and Ws m n Da o V8 ' * lo,,ble time on New ear s Day, Uood Friday, Boxing Day day. gs B)rthdfl y. and Easter Mon-