BLOW TO LABOR

Taranaki Daily News, 18 April 1921, Page 5

BLOW TO LABOR

triple alliance disruption I SUPPORT for miners refused MINERS FIGHT ALONE A sensational development has taken place in the industrial crisis in Britain. The railwaymen and the transporters have refused to strike, leaving the miners to continue the struggle alone. The significance of this is the blow it strikes at the extremists, threatening the disruption of the Triple Alliance, and thus depriving Labor of its formidable strike weapon, with which it sought to paralyse industry- The London Daily Herald, a Labor journal, describes the sudden transition as “the heaviest defeat that has befallen the Labor movement within the memory of man.” This view is confirmed by this morning's cables, which indicate the gravity to Labor of the blow, the full effects of which eannot be estimated immediately. While this development temporarily overshadows the real issue, it is clear that the miners intend to continue the struggle. They expect hopeless defeat, but declare that they will only be beaten by starvation. A meeting of miners’ delegates in London has been called for Thursday, pending which work will not be resumed. In the meantime the Government continues its efforts to reach a settlement, and the coal-mine owners’ representatives remain in London.