COLLIERY DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5

COLLIERY DISPUTE.

NEWCASTLE MINERS. RESUMPTION ON MONDAY LIKELY. By Teloßrapii'rPreßa ABBooiatlbn—Copjrlshs. (Rec. February 14, 0:30 p.m.) - . Sydney,-February. 14. . :i , Judge '■ Scholes, i president.;! of tho,; Now South ■Wales: Wage's Boar.d, ; aftery confer;ririg .Iwith -tiib : Newcastle ;pwners . aßnonnced'-that-both; sides had : agreed. to his; proposal for/resumption of, work. ;,He sees notking.to-pr'ovent a resumption of 1 work on Monday next. TEEMS NOT DISCLOSED. 'i iy, ;■ (Rec.' February 14, .11 p.m;). ' Sydney, February 14 -' .Judge Scholes will not disclose the terms of settlement until tho Wages Hoard meets on Wednesday.' ;.'/ ■ PROGRESS REPORT OF BALLOT. A SLIGHT LEAD FOR PEACE . ... (Rec. February 15, 1.5 a.m.) Sydney, February 14. iYo'ting is proceeding'' at : •; Newcastle on. the question of accepting the • Wages. Board; : : h At present tho number for acccptanco and :the :nnmber , against arovery close,' thoaffirmative :.voting-':being . slightly .The ballot of- three largo lodges is yet •to -come.' f r >'X. f-'v'--MEN AT WORK IN THE SOUTH Sydney, February 14 v In accordance with the:result 'of.. t>.. ballot, all, the' Southern minors are working iib exMption'j.of Coledale, Bulli, ; South' /Clifton, MetropoUtan; .' : :; Thi : . : : last-named''is . only, delayed through a; mishap to tho. machinery. . ■■ BAILWAYMEN'S SYMPATHY. ■ (By Telegraph.—Press. Association.) , : Tlie- following ' resolution ;haa,been; -passed by. the- biennial-',conference; of -the Amalgamated -. Society;;; of; ./Railway .Servants of-,New Zealand,;v;no'W!. sitting, in. 'Wellington (.conference expresses -its'; indignation, at ~the/severity. - ,of the leaders'fof^the. 'Newcastle tokeVahd aS-'sbme evidence'of. sympathy -:'with 1 the header's ;bf; the Newcastlestrike subscriptionlists'; be : circu'-; ,;lated vthTOUghb'ut , v':tne;V',rociety;;; inviting contributions': to/assist'. the' ininSrs -. in.: the struggle for their - rights." . . I''':''' 4 "" : J; ■'THE WAGES iBOARD SYSTEM ; IS STRENGTHENED. : Writing .-on< .February s9, the, "Sydney Morning.;-Heraldrv^l'says:—"The wages; board'system ! willful timately' bs .'accepted; by - the Northern; miners, and '-the 'strike,-instead;"of,-breaking - itMo^rni'f.'.villf-'haTe. helped to" ,establish '.it 'Xi.TOis;- must /bring, nbthingtaty.gqbdVfor/ Newcastle.": But; what- seems.also /certain .is', that the strike' has introduced an element of discord between : the; three- -mining districts. ;;- : Th'e ■Southern.'!miners* are naturally/s6r'e.! A and :disgusted;'with- the action of the .Western: *, delegate,,in - voting ;on; Monday;, against;;a jet'urn .toiworfc: although hi' own com-: rades are.in,full. swing. .But.the feeling in tho soutli against the north is "also , full- of bitterness.':;;; The .hM proved' it; cpmplete':;disap^intmeht. ;: :.-'lfc.'has' 'Sot' ; helpe.dr Newcastle at all,'and< it'j has; 6eri: b'isly.' impoverished;, and 'hampered;'llia-■ warra,. ■* The;; Southern - miners ,'went out 'to. show., their ,; sympathy l , "with "the ..north,' and not to settle .any grievances' of their, own, viand they ft are'.- likely - to ■: return '• to work- without obtainihg-'even; the -'satis-' faction, .of.-knowing «that ; -somebody ontheir'side/ihas 2 won'a .battle. : .It ; is clear .chat;',; whatever ;?mav,; be;: done : 'at;-Ne^ castle; the south mil. be wise. to .return to work,... for ~ no,'good .'purpose', can; be ; s ,?''ved■. bydelay,'ian'd;every, .Tyeek■'• of■■adifbundations... of ".-■unionism - "itself;"■'