MINERS' GRIEVANCES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 761, 9 March 1910, Page 7

MINERS' GRIEVANCES.

SERIOUS POSITION. TRADE LEAVING SOUTH WALES. NATIONAL CONFERENCE. By 'Tclosf abh-Preas A ssbciattoii—Coo^i'titbt (Rec. March 8, 10.45 p.iii.) Lond6n, March 8. The coal exports for February froni South Wales (where a dispute is pending as to the Eight Hours Act and wages) decreased by 200,827 tons as compared with February 1900. Foreign'firms are sscui'iiig contracts at the expense. 6f the Welsh trade.

A BISHOPS ADVICE. DEPENDENT WORKERS; INVOLVED. (See. March 9, 0.20 a.m.) London, March 6V The Bishop of LlandaS, Dr. J. P. Hughes, urges the disputants in South Wales to conic to on agreement. He points out that thousands of railwaymen,. dockers, tinplatemen, iron and steel workers, and. shopkeepers are dependent on the coal trade, and that there is a likelihood of. trade. being diverted .- to .other channels. He counsels the miners 'to trust to old and experienced leaders. ; The National Conference of the Miners' •Federatiofi, to Consider the', position ill ; South Walos, will open on Wednesday. IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. '. MEN CENSURE THEIR EXECUTIVE. , •'■ .(Eec. March -8, 10.45 p.m.) / London, March 8. ~ A ba|lot of the Northumberland miners decided by a large majority against, confirming, the executive's suggestion for ending the dispute. This practically amounts to a censure oh the executive for stopping strike pay ■ and ordering the strikers at fourteen, collieries to resume work;.