INDUSTRIAL WAR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL WAR.

WOOLCOMBERS. STRIKE IN YORKSHIRE CENTRES. By Tclegraph-Prees Association-Gooyrieht (Eec. March 9, 11.15 p.m.) London, March 9. Seven thousand ivoolcombers hare struck. . Gangs of strikers visited the woolcombing works at Bradford and Sliipley, Yorkshire, and in .every case succeeded in inducing the operatives to cease work. The employers have asked the operatives to meet them in conference. COLLIERY STRIKE. ATTITUDE OP THE MINE-OWNERS. By Teleeraph—Press Association—Copyright. . Sydney, March 9. It is stated that.the mine-owners havo forwarded a letter to Judge Scholes, President of the Wages Board, definitely stating that they are not prepared to agree to a.settlement on the lines suggested by Mr. Cbarlton, the men's representative, and that so far as. they are concerned the negotiations are at an end. Judge Scholes declined to make any announcement on the subject. : COST OF MEN'S DEMANDS. (Rec. March 9, 9.45 p.m.) Sydney, March 0. Giving evidence before the Southern Miners' Wages Board, the manager of the Metropolitan Coal Company submitted a statement showing that the cost to the Company would be .£12,000 annually if the miners' claims were gTanted, including an outlay of ,£15,000 to .£20,000 on a■ railway - through: the mines to convey the employees to their work. He added that the estimates • given were all moderate, for he was confident that the men would screw the last drop of blood possible out of them. ...'..- , .