THE STATE COAL MINERS.
The strike of the State coal miners still continues, and serious trouble appears to be brewing. The action of the men is not justifiable in that they have refused to discuss their grievances. Their attitude simply amounts to this, that if their demands are not complied with then the Premier had better look out! The President of the Federated Miners' Association (Mr Semple) has declared that if the Government do not take action during the present week the Federation will do so next wee'.c. "New Zealand then," said Mr Semple, "would see the biggest industrial upheaval ever known in the Domin • ion's history. The guns were all loaded and ready, and it only required the pressure of a finger to fire them. If that took place, Sir Joseph Ward would be knocked a complete somersault, from the effects of which he would never recover.'' Whatever his defects may be, the Premier is a man of spirit, and ho is scarcely likely, therefore, "to knuckle under" to Mr Semple because the latter, figuratively speaking, is holding a loaded pistol to his head. The whole Dominion will await and watch the develon-
mentis of the struggle with the greatest interest.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9665, 2 December 1909, Page 4
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202THE STATE COAL MINERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9665, 2 December 1909, Page 4
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