THE COAL STRIKE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10577, 7 March 1912, Page 5

THE COAL STRIKE

< A FURTHER CONFERhNCE PRESS OPINIONS. i PROBABLE SETTLEMENT IN A WEEK. (Received Last Night, 11.4.5' o'clock.) LONDON, Mnrch 6. Tho coal owners reassemble to-dtiy for a funtlher conference with the Pramo Minister. Tho Miners' Federation has informed th© transport workers that it is unnecessary to declare a sympathetic . strike, -- Mr A. V. Dicey, in a letter to "The Times" urges tho repeal of the Disputes Act, as neither the masters j)or tho men should possess the privilege of committing wrongs. He recommends the adequate protection of miners where their right to ■work is menaced. Mr W. T. Stead in tho "The Tjimes," suggests that rtlhe nation j «?hould guarantee the mine, owners \ against any loss during a three I months' trial of the minimum wage system, and thus obtain data- *° ar ~ range a permanent settlement. Twenty steamers have l>een chartered to convey Westphaliau coal to tho Mediterranean and South American depots, which (previously havo been Mailed from Wales. The officials uro caring for the A crowd at Rylbopo overpowered the v.-ait-chamani and looted tho coal waggons. Tho Daily -Chronicle predicts that the Government will introduce a Bill establishing the principle of a minimum wage. Tho Telegraph savs that as a result of inquiries laimong the miners and their leaders, Cabinet anticipates a ' satisfactory settlement within a -week, and adds that the men are likely *<> slightly modify the wage schedule, enabling tlhe owners to re-consider the main points on 'which their opposition has hitherto been based. ORGANISER SENTENCED. VIOLENT SPEECH. ' (Received March 6, 12.30 p.m.) > LONDON, March 5. Patrick Daly, organiser of the Irish , transport workers, was sentenced at f Wexford to a mohtih's imprisonment for a violent speech on- the labour troubles. THE MIDDLEMAN. / EXPLOITINifJIiIE PUBLIC. (Received March 6, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, March 5. Tho Labour Party has given notice ■ of motion in the House of Commons for the appointment of a. committee to ; vonsider the question of the middleman exploiting the public by raising the. price of coal.