ANGRY MINERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 292, 10 December 1929, Page 7

ANGRY MINERS.

NS.W. DEADLOCK. Violence Threat If State Opens Collieries. NO FUNDS FOR STRIKE. (United P.A,—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The latest developments in the coal trouble, summarised, are:—The Greta, Rothbury and Paxton lodges voted against the resumption proposal. The men's leaders at an aggregate meeting threatened violence if the Government attempts to. open the Rothbury pitMessrs. Davies and Hoare, who made the agreement, were rejected by the men, who are now urging meetings to turn down the resumption plan. Trades Hall officials are against a general strike owing to the lack of funds. Speaking at an aggregate meeting Mr. Shakespeare, the Cessnoek miners' representative, said: "We will have 13,000 men' at Rothbury from other districts to stop the men from working." The coal miners are still wrangling over tlib peace terms, alternately praising and condemning their leaders. One section is threatening violence if the Government attempts to open the mines with free labour. Meanwhile a settlement seems as far off as ever, while at any moment the gravest upheaval may occur. The Premier, Mr. T. R. Bavin, will take definite action to force the miners' hands within a few days. The northern miners, with the exception of a fewsmall lodges, have rejected the terms approved by the miners' delegates.