THE CONFERENCE THAT FAILED.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13101, 28 April 1908, Page 7

THE CONFERENCE THAT FAILED.

(FKKSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) GREYMOUTEL, April 37. There were great hopes of a settled nient af the Haokbafl strike on Saturday, a conference waß held be-: twoen the president and tho. secretary of the Union. tho"Hon. A. R. Guinness, MJP., and tho mine maaiagsr. I* ■ had .leaked out that the Company, were .prepared to grant the half-hour cribtune, amd,' from aH appearances, nothing remained to keep the men oat on strike. At the caniferenco the. manager stated thai fae was prepared to grant the minors half am hour crib--tone, provided the unino was worked on the same conditions' as before' tho Ata-tko. The Union representative agreed, to accept <tfhe niawiagers- terans as fa^,as x th« hoif-houx crib-time -was concerned," &rjb refused to allow tibe truckers' : to ; -work ten Shotrrß. They were pnepareil to aflow two. of the truckers, -wio'hield lesponsible. posJK trans, to put. in tha extra, timo, bo* waintoi tiie ininers to do the rest of the trudcing. This the manager •would not ajgree to, as at ineaotr&-' duoing tiie output of ih» mine. -aad '■■.• rtrraiing a risk of Occident, awing to' aflowfng mcii toiindeiitatko 'work .they"", were lumacoustamed to.- # .The manager's conditaaa* wore pat bofotre a meeting of the Union, and it was' decided, iry 64 votes to 3,nab to accept them, and remain out an strike. The decwian was arrived at by open VOtibag. "■'' :'■''■■■■■■'.''...-'/.' "■-",' It is afifeeerx that JMr Hibkey gave the miners to underHtamd . that. they would get jusb as good support an the trucker question ss an the crib-tame questsoa. The only point in dispute was the half-honor crio-trme, astd now* that that is settled, the man, odrtmoa tihe plea of the fcruokars. The truck-. ere before the strike were anxious- to work the overtime, as threy received time amd a halt for ft, bat now the Union, will not allow thera to do so. Since the strike began between* thirty and forty antneni jhaya left BJaoMmfl for fresh fields, consequently the strike, ftmd Is only divided tfliose remaining. It » stated Übat the sum of dCB 10s fcadsf its way' info one home -weekly. Tbe father gets £1 103, mother 10s, four sons (strikers) £1 10» and two children 5b each. One amaet gives SB" out thai he is saving anpacgr aat af' iea strike <pay. , (spxciax. to "xmi mass.") April 27. ' Tbe local Uxtbodb are aanrtnrjinir ta assist tha Blackball strikers. 1 TbeWellington Typographical Vmoa hma.passed a raobxikm votary £10. and £5 amonth, thereafter, to help theac fajmuoß. (nuess assoctatiow TELzenux.) AUCKIxAiYIi. April ,37;- . : Thio AuekJand Oabmen.'s Union decided to vote £5 towards thfe' wives and families of tbe ManHnvft strikers.