AN "UNCONDITIONAL CONFERENCE."
• NO PLEDGE TO WORK. PARTIAL' RESUMPTION SUGGESTED, (liec. Novcmbor, 19, 11.55 p.m.) > Sydnoy, November 19. Referring: to the condition' attached to the proposed conference 1 by. the Nprtfoern prpprie? tors-that if the conference ffiils tho'.whole question ■ should. then be' adjudicated on undfir 'the .Industrial Disputes;Act,.:thb, iijen continue ing work—Mr. /Bowling; . sepijptftry,:: to th|; Miners' 'Federation,'; declares. (hat tho mineji will not resume work unless- an .unconditional conference is agreed, on. -The, miners, he > adds, would not be such; fools, ! 'even if.'a .conference ' were granted,* to; rush luick. to work Y\'ithout same guarantee that tlieir. griovnuces would fra redressed. ■ •' ! It is reported that the, miners are willing/ if the proprietors: agree "upon a . conforeucc, to send sufficient men into the pit? to thoroughly .clean them and prepare them fpr a goneral rer siftaption of wnrk. In tho meantime tho conference would have. a chance to arri>e at a basis of settlement of the; mam poijjts in dispute. , , : A. mass meeting'pf the unions interested will be held in Newcastle tq-morrow to, discuss the situation. ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 5
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175AN "UNCONDITIONAL CONFERENCE." Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 5
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