LABOUR QUESTIONS.
DISTRESS IN ENGLAND. Fmm AaaooUtlon—Slactrie Telegraph . -CopfitgU, London, September 3 The miners' federation is issuing a ballot asking the men to decide upon three questions : (1) To agree to arbitration ; (2) Resume aC tbe old rate t or (3) Accept a partial reduction. The miners in Notts are stealing sheep, apples, and potatoes in order to avoid starvation.
Owing to the strike 10,000 women and children in the Mid lauds are being fed daily by charitable bodies.
In reply to a question in the House, the Premier said he was aware there were 20,000 artisans unemployed. He believed it to be due to a recurrence of the depression, and did not see how the Government could take any action to cope with it.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8579, 5 September 1893, Page 5
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