THE COST OF THE FIGHT.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14307, 19 March 1912, Page 7

THE COST OF THE FIGHT.

WORKERS WISH TO RESU3IE

United Press .Association—By Electric TelegTaph—Copyright.

LONDON, March 17

Of tho £30,000 at the disposal of tli* Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation, the first week's strike pay absorbed £30,0C0.

Many strikers in North Wales, Doncaster, Chesterfield, and several districts in Scotland, are anxious to resume work. The older miners in South "Wales are chafing at the inactivity and the short rat'ous.

Thirteen thousand employees at tho Elsw'ek shipbuilding yards have received a week's notice.

The Lowmoor Ccal and Iron Compnnv at Black Heatcn are re-opening their collieries on Tuesday, on the basis of whatever wages Parliament fixes. The bulk of the colliers are willing to resume.

The minors' leaders have permitted the reotarting of the pumps, obviating the danger of flooding the Soutb Staffordshire mines.

The Cabinet will discuss the details of the Government Bill.

The Premier had half an hour's audienco w'th the King.

At tho Premier's invitation tho ou.fiownors and miners have appointed representatives to confer with tho Government concerning the preparation of the Bill.

Many mine-owners ask for a clause enabling them to vary or cancel existing contracts, which otherwise would be unremunerativo or ruinous, to the increased cost of the output under the Miiiimnm "Wage Bill. Fierce debates in Parliament ar© expected.