MINERS' CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 5

MINERS' CRISIS.

CONFERENCE FAILS. ' . SETTLEMENT hope dissolves. By Tel«eraj)h.—Pms Ajjn.^Ccpyrltlit. Received Sept. 10, 5.5 p.m. f ■ . , i : London, Sept. 9. Tte. cwfersjice between the miners' executive and' the Minister of Labor (Sir Robert Borne), from which so much Was hb'ped, failed; Mr, B,"Bmil}ie (president of the Miner*? Sedoration) informed Sir Robert Borne that tfte executive was of opinion that there Were no new proposals in. his statement Which, in their judgment, would lead t6 a satisfactory settlement of the " joiners* claims. The il confe;e(ree then terminated.— Reuter x CHEAPER COAL DEMAND. f I*B FALLACY EXPLAINED. , ■ r > H&eWed Sept. 10, 8.5 p.in. London, Sept. 10. Mr. Id. iff.'' Barnes (a memter of the Cabi&et \»ithont portfolio), speaking at Glasgow, £ said the miners' demands that , coal prߣs-"-be dropped 14s 2d was an which was outside the eeopiSttf any sectional in the would not mean a present . to the fiutßumers of coal, as it would ' hafe to cr 'Ge "paid for by taxation. The might reasonably say, "Let things go On for two or three years, daring which; time nationalisation and wages-might be fully and freely con-aldered."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ ' * '• A STRIKING COMPARISON. , ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Received §ept. 10, 11.35 p.m. y - : £ London, Sept. ■9. The Coal Association circulates a remarkable comparison of the miners' output and payin Britain and in America. The pithead price in AnTerica is 12s lOd, - and in England 31s 3d; the output'per •hift .U 3.l*2'tons in England, and .77 of A toh ih America; and the average Mge in America is IGQs and in . Inland lSte.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CLAIMS REASONABLE. yiEW OT TRADE UNION CONGRESS. . . London,. Sept. 8. • The Trade Union Songress unani-piojwty-adopted a resolution that the claims' Of £be miners were reasonable 'fintl-just-and should be conceded immediately. i A resolution was also adopted protestihg Against the Government's . action Russian delegates fjrom attending the congress. In -connection with 'the anniial election of the Parliamentary Committee \ : of the most notable inci-dentr-wi an onslaught by Mr. Smiiiic on fJfljw*#.Jtwtiai is buying and selling .fates. The practice is. for various big union*, to bargain for votes at the congressional elections. Thus one .secretly undetakes to help fthotherif the latter reciprocates. Oycine to the miners last year breaking Wt ilbe practice, none of their candidates Secured electiotf. Mr. Smiilie characterised .It as. a shameful and pernicious . *ystem;*iid uid that trades unions capitalists for their dirty method*, but did not keep their own Xacifcs ckan.—Reuter Service.