GENERAL COAL STRIKE.
/ —* • ' A LABOUR THREAT. TO FORCE MESSRS. HOSKINS'S HAND (bt Tr.LEGßxrn—riiEss association—coPvnianT. (Roc. July 18, 1.7. a.m.) - Sydney, July 17. The Secretary of tho Western Minors' At sociation stated to-night that tho Lithgoi Coal "Association wcro supplying Messrs. G and C. Hoskins's briok works with coal, am coals were also going to-Messrs. Hoskins' brass furnaces from the Coast. Unless Messn Hoskins were prepared to put back the miner (members of tlio Western Association) wh were employed in thoir ironstone tunnel t fill coal, tho wholo of tho coal minors an coko workers of tho Stato will strike on Mor day. , 1 Mr: Hoskins, interviewed, said he was son to hear of tho miners' decision, but, thei was no hopo of re-starting the Litbgow iroi works in less tliau tlireo weeks. Tho employees of tho iLithgow. ironwork claiming tliat they are looked out, invoked tl Industrial Disputes Court. Apparently h threat of a general strike is deemed a short) way to securing the re-start of the Litligo works. .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 253, 18 July 1908, Page 5
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169GENERAL COAL STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 253, 18 July 1908, Page 5
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