COAL-OWNERS' ATTITUDE.
LONDON, January 11. The Northumberland coal owners, in a manifesto, declare that a fixed minimum wage, irrespective of work performed, is impracticable,, and they are unable to concede it, believing that payment in proportion to work is reasonable. Mr Enoch Edwards, Labour M.P. for Hanley, is hopeful of a solution of the dispute. He denies the existence of an agreement for a simultaneous strike in Germany.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8272, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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68COAL-OWNERS' ATTITUDE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8272, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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