MINERS RESTIVE.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1921, Page 5

MINERS RESTIVE.

WORK MAY BE STOPPED. A SERIOUS OUTLOOK. PARTIES FAIL TO AGREE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The deadlock over the appointment of a chairman of the tribunal which the Prime Minister proposed should inquire into the alleged victimisation of the man Henderson, of the Blackball Coal Company, continues, and, various attempts to assure an agreement between the parties have failed. As far as can be gathered, nothing further was done to-day. In the meantime the miners who are going slow are becoming restive, and there is a possibility that they will cease work altogether. The position is said to be critical, and a serious development is threatened. NOT SATISFACTORY. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER. Auckland, Jan. 26. Mr. Massey declined to make any statement regarding the coal trouble to-day, saying that no good purpose would be served by saying anything at this stage. However, he would go so far as to say that the situation was not so satisfactory as could be wished. He added 1 that the railways had been burning a great deal of coal lately. SOUTH ISLAND DEADLOCK. MOST OF THE MEN IDLE Dunedin, Last Night. The position at the Kaitangata mines remains unchanged. A section of the men continue to work, but the majority remain idle. An effort by the union to meet the company as a district disputes committee failed, the company contending that the matter solely concerned the union members themselves.