Labour Items.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 270, 16 October 1902, Page 1

Labour Items.

New York, October 12. Mr Meyers, president of the Western Federation of Miners, promises to order out the miners of West Mississippi and Canada if Mr Mitchell, president of the Miners’ Union, calls out the bituminous coal workers. Mr Mitchell is considering the proposal, i Many public m-m in America tiro advocating national ownership of I mines. Restaurant prices have iucrea c I twenty-five percent fn consequence of the scarcity of coal. bcores of factories announce that it is intended to close down at an early date. Owing to the scarcity of fuel, the wooden sidewalks and the streets paved with blocks in Chicago are being raised and used for firing. Although it is reported that Mr Pierpoufc Morgan had induced the coal owners to settle the strike by advancing miners’ wages, leaving over other questions of dispute for future settlement, it is more generally believed that Mr Morgan declined to intervene, since his syndicate was not directly concerned in the struggle. Berne, October 18. The stiiko has collapsed, Washington, October 13. Mr Richard Olney, who held a portfolio as Attorney-General in the Cleveland Ministry, is the probable democratic nominee for the Presidency. He deprecates political intervention in the miners’ strike, which will only strengthen President Roosevelt’s hand abroad if the Powers see half a dozen private citizens snapping their fingers in his face.

.Anthracite coal is almost exhausted in twenty of the large cities. The companies are selling coal in New York to the poor at £d per lb. Many householders aie burning bricks soaked in oil. Mr Root, Secretary for "War, had a live hours’ conference with Mr Morgan, and it is believed that President Roosevelt is pressing Mr Morgan to arbitrate in the strike. Welsh coal is virtually admitted to America free. Ottawa, October 13. There is an increased mortality amongst children at Montreal, owing to the scarcity of fuel. The municipality are supplying wood to the town, and Senator Forget has given 100,000 dollars to the fuel fund. The Government are transporting free Nova Scotian coal to Montreal. The Mayor of Toronto has cabled to Cardiff, appealing to the British coal owners to give preference to Canadian orders over American.