COAL MINE TROUBLES.
SECTIONAL STRIKES. ■ A TEST. OP UNION DISCIPLINE. SPECIAL COURT WAITS THE RESULT. BY. TELEGItAPHrr-PRESS ASSOCIATION; —COPYHIGH7 . Sydney, March 19. Strikes of clippers at, the Pclaw Main and of wheelers at the Back Creek mirio have thrown both pits idle. ,
/ Strikes' are'now'in; progress iii four pits. As/a result, of the stoppages tho sitting? of. tho': Special'■' Milling'' Court have been brought to a standstill/ . .
;Tho ••Minors'. Federation has decided to adopt, more stern methods; of dealing -with these hasty, ill-advised strikes on the part of various sections pf the colliery workers, and'ha§ adopted a resolution calling on the ftrikors: to resume ;work immediately.;' failing: this, ,to bo expelled. ■■■■•■' \•> /•,'..
> The Federation "is .also-calling on lodges concerned to use every effort to kepp, their respective pits, going.,, The resolution adds: We, ..think- that tho time''. has arrived when each lodge should, realiso its responsibility, aiid force its monitors.. to keep within'the constitution of tho,federation.", . ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 7
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154COAL MINE TROUBLES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 7
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