The Coal Strikes.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3210, 21 May 1889, Page 2

The Coal Strikes.

J3ebus, May 17. The proprietors' of one of the collieiiea at • Westphalia refuse to consider the terms offered by • the J' strikers, and it is believed that refusal will endanger the terms of the compromise which wero offered 'on tiio boeia of the eight hours' system, with an increase of wages. " May 18, One-third, of the WestphaUgn strikers have arranged matters vflp' the colliery proprietors and to work. The-strikers in Silesia,: a province in the south-east of Prussia, are still out,'and show a menacing attitude towards the troops. They , have wrecked several of the colliery ! buildings. A. conflict took placo between the military and the-miners, during which one of the latter was shot. May 19. The Fremdenblatt ■ says that the Emperor's action in receiving a deputation from the strikers' will be ever memorable. It is not the length : of ft monarch's reign, nor his fule, but his labours that make him the. supreme mediator and' arbitot in the \ cause of truth, s London, May 18, The coalminersin Northumberland have gone out "on strike, aud. have sent a message to Berlin sympathising with the Westphalia strikers, " ■ The Samoan Conference^ Berlin, May 18, ' Tho Conference which - bus • been sitting dealing with (Samoan affairs is expected to olose on Tuesday next. The last ; few days the question of government has been under consideration, and. the delegates have approved the principle of h dual over the native Government, .