WAIHI MINERS' DISPUTE,

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 136, 9 June 1911, Page 5

WAIHI MINERS' DISPUTE,

A STRIKE IMPROBABLE. j {By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) j WAIHI, this day. Now that the dispute between the Miners' Union and the mining companies has assumed definite shape, a feeling of anxiety is not so apparent. It is understood that any recommendation which | may come from the Federation of Labour as the result of the forthcoming meeting of the executive will be submitted to the members of the Union here by means of a ballot, and, should the proposition be that of a strike, there is little doubt that such a proposition would be defeated, judging by general opinion. I Mr. A. S. McNaughton. who is the I prime moveT in connection with the proposed new union, gives his reasons for moving in the matter. He states that a good numbeT of men wanted a union under the Arbitration Act, including men who were not members of the present union. His proposals (he claims) in that connection are less expensive than theconditions governing the existing union, and do not unduly load workers with financial responsibilities. He suggests that members of the present union should be acquainted with the legal position as regards their standing with the Federation of Labour, also in the matter of property, and whether the government of the union reamains with them or with the Federation of Labour.