COLLIERY CRISIS.
A NATIONAL STRIKE. v ' AN ULTIMATUM BY THE MINERS. 'EIGHT:HOURS ACT. ' ; (By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright.) London, Juno 29. A conference representing. -168,000 _• miners resolved that tho' masters' proposals for the working qf the mines under tho Eight Hours Act wcrq, not acceptable, and that , if the ; masters persist in thorn tho Minors' Federation of Britain bo requested to proclaim a national striko.-. Notices with regard to the Welsh collieries will oxpiro on Thursday. The position is almost equally critical in Scotland. A NATIONAL STOPPAGE OF WORK. •' FEDERATION'S ATTITUDE. . ■ (Rec. Juno 30, 11.20 p.m.) London, June 30. . The Miners' Federation, at a conforenoc in London,: unanimously supported the Welsh miners', and . decided to recommend that in ■ the event of a-lock-out there' Bhould bo a national stoppago of work. ■ A ballot of'members will bo taken through- 1 out tho'Federation to decide tho nutter in tho event of the negotiations at Cardiff for a settlement proving resultless.'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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156COLLIERY CRISIS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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