MINERS’ CLAIMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1922, Page 5

MINERS’ CLAIMS.

CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA. THE BATTLE STARTS. COLLIERIES CLOSED. MEN WILL CLAIM A LOCK-OUT By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 3, 10.40 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 3. The battle between the coal miners and owners has commenced. AU the southern collieries to-day were closed. The owneis claim that at most of the mines the men did not present themselves for work, but Mr. Wjllis states that the men went to the mines ready to start, only to find that no work was available. He added that the miners would continue to present themselves at the mines daily, and, in the event of no work, would claim a lock-out. So far, four thousand are idle, and it is feared the miners in other districts will strike in sympathy. The Council of Action concluded its sittings, and announced that it will use every weapon to enforce the claims of the men, whom it declares have been unjustly treated. Thirty boilermakers have been dismissed from Garden Island, making 60 dismissals in the past week, for adopting go-slow tactics.