AT WAIHI—A CRISIS.
ABOUT 2500 HANDS INVOLVED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Waihi, June 7. A crisis has arrived in connection with the demands made by tho Miners' Union on mining companies. The miners and the employers wero in conference yesterday for a considerable time, and tho result was made known this morning by a written communication from the' companies to the union: Excepting a concession of 6d. per shift extra for surface labourers now receiving 7s: Bd., and one or two minor matters, every demand is absolutely refused. A special meeting of the union lias been called for this evening to receive and consider the delegates' report. The increases in wages demanded by the union mean an average of about Is. Lid. per shift per man in all branches of mining and battery work. There is much anxiety in town as to future developments. • The troublo involves about 2500 hands. Mr. Semple, organiser of the federation, is in.Wailii, and will attend the meeting tonight.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1148, 8 June 1911, Page 5
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