THE COAL STRIKE
CABLENEWS (United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.)
115,000 THROWN IDLE ACTION OF GOVERNMENT SATISFACTORY. Received This Morning, 12.30 o'clock LONDON, February 29. Miners numbering 115,000 are idle, including 32,000 in Nottinghamshire. The output of coal from the Tvne, which amounts to 20,000,000 tons annually, is at a. standstill. The Scotch owners explained to the Government that they would abide by the agreement made on the 30th of July, 1909, to which the Board of Trade were parties, though they were willing to be represented on the Joint Committee of masters and men, with a view to remuneration in abnormal places, or in the event of injustice being done in' exceptional cases. There is general satisfaction over the Government securing the adhesion of the employers and sixty per cent of the miners to the principle of minimum wage, leaving the door open for further negotiations with the minority.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10572, 1 March 1912, Page 5
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151THE COAL STRIKE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10572, 1 March 1912, Page 5
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