COAL STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 49, 21 November 1907, Page 7

COAL STRIKE.

MINERS WILL ACCEPT THE TRIBUNAL.

WHAT MIGHT IIAVE BEEN,

COULD HAVE CALLED OUT MANY OTHERS. ; BT TELEGRAPH—fnESS ASSOCIATION—COrTBIGHT. (Ike. Nov. 20, 10.23 p.m.) Sydney, November 20. The position with regard to the strike is unchanged. i'he proprietors' meeting hag been postponed till to-morrow. Meantime, the mines remain idle. (Rcc. Nov. 21, 0.5 a.m.) . Sydney, November 20. The Miners' Committee of Management haa accepted the Premier's proposals, and has advised the miners' lodges to do likewise. ' A special meeting of the lodges is being hold to-night, It is' anticipated that they are certain to adopt the Committee's advice. The chairman of the Committee has staked his reputation that the Committee could have had the Southern and Western miners, as well as the trades allied to tho coal trade, out ' if it had beeii necessary; but they wero not asked to coino "out." One member of the Committeo estimated that a fortnight's strike has cost Newcastle £2(55,000, including £50,000 in miners' wages,: i WEST COAST CONDITIONS. MONOPOLY FEARED. , J DEPUTATION TO MR. REECE. J Y/estport, November 20. Y A deputation of townspeople, headed by tho Mayor, waited on Mr. Recce, chairmanof directors of the Wcstport-Stockton Coil Company, to-night, and urged that ho should place before his felow-dircctors the question of keeping the company free from any agreement witn the Union ,8.8. Company; or any , other company, so that coal may bo quoted' r.o.b. \\estport, and any ship "that comes along may get a cargo. The speakers depre* cated a monopoly as Being against the interests of the district, and ui-god- Mr. Reece to do what he could in tbo matter consistent ■ jtvith consideration of the best interests of tho company's shareholders. ' ! In the course of Iris reply,' Mr. Roeco pointed out that only ono shipping company was visiting all tho ports of the Dominion, and that fact must bo taken into consideration. He expected that a large portion of jus company's coal would be shipped outside the Dominion, but he would place tho representations of tho deputation before a meeting of tlifc company s directors.