THE TRAGEDY OF TOIL.
Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 88, 22 November 1912, Page 1
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THE TRAGEDY OF TOIL.
Under the heading of "The Tragedy; of Toil," nhe Labor Department in England publishes a leaflet, ra which ift is stated that from January 1, 1910, to June 30, 1912, there have been
1040 workers killed on the railways f 3528 workers killed in the mine*; 220 workers killed, in the quarries; 2145 workers killed in the factories} 722 workers killed on the dooke, etc.; and
3911 workers kilted at sea~ a total of 11,666 workkig-class lives lost in 30 months.
In the coalpits alone during the lasii seven years 10,073 miners have Iflfltf their lives.
In the three years 1903-09-10, ore! 458,000 miners were injured.
Every working-day five men are kill* ed and 588 men are injured in the pik
On Monday, November 11, the papers began to be filled with screaming headlines and biassed jubilation regarding the turn of events at Waihi. The happenings of the previous Saturday and succeeding days were lengthily described with all the insidious suggestion and devilish cunning of writers seeking to blacken unionists and unionism. Butenough waa printed to reveal the truth as to how far police and scabs had pursued their vengeance. Instead of reprinting these accounts, we give the real story in the following pages. Read every line and prepare for action, noting especially the stirring and undeniably truthful narrative of Mr. H. Kennedy, acting-president Waihi Workers' Union.
