NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED.
MINERS SHARPLY CRITICISED
Negotiations have been suspended in order to enable the delegates to obtain the views of their districts upon the guarantees for a fair day's work. The newspapers of both parties sharply criticise the miners for refusing to adopt the Premier's proposal. Mr Smillie, who is the brains of the present movement, has been the miners' chief spokesman throughout. Metiers Edwards, Abraham, Ashton, and Burt, the older leaders, have lost their influence.
Tlio "Daily News" states that the J decision of the Federation was reached j without discussion of the schedule, and . was obtained after a division wherein a bare majority of extremists overbore* the moderates. Mr Winston Churchill, addressing the Eighty Club, warned tho miners that injuries would be inflicted on tho public.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14294, 4 March 1912, Page 7
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