STATE MINE TROUBLE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9657, 23 November 1909, Page 5

STATE MINE TROUBLE.

STRIKE PROBABLE. By Telegraph— Association. GREYMOUTH, November 22, The position it the State Mine is f causing a good deal of anxiety \ locally, and all manner of rumours 1 are in the air. It was a common rumour throughout the day that a Btrike would be but 30 far nothing has eventuated. ~

The manager on being interviewed at a late hour this evening said that he was still confident that a settlement would be arrived at. He stated he had been in conference with the miners representatives all day, and had put his final conclusions before them. He was acting from instructions from the headquarters in Wellington. The men promised to com • municate with him if th' * had come to a conclusion, up o'clock they had not done so. The manager stated that the men were firm, and would not accept any compromise. After a good deal of discussion it was agreed to adjourn the discussion until to .morrow afternoon. The general "opinion in the township is that there will be a stoppage of work, and the managers advise that a temporary stoppage will cause great harm and will be disregarded. The men went to work on the four o'clock shift, but it is doubtful if the men will start work at 8 a.m.

Mr Bishop, manager, has done his utmost to effect a settlement and has now submitted the matter to the Department, and is acting on advice received from reliable sources. The opinion is expressed that a strike will take place.