COLLIERY STRIKERS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 259, 29 July 1937, Page 11

COLLIERY STRIKERS

Men at Burwood Come to Surface THREE OTHER MINES IDLE IN SYMPATHY (Received July 28, 8.5 p.m.) ' Sydney, July 28. Sixty of the Burwood colliery stayin strikers came out of the pit during the night and the remainder followed at lunch-time to-day. All were suffering from extreme cold and hunger as the result of being nearly thirty hours underground. The mine ventilating fan intensified their discomfort. The men left the mine on the understanding that a conference would be held with the management to discuss the points in dispute. Three more collieries were idle this morning in sympathy with the strikers at the Burwood pit. Fifteen hundred miners, accompanied by women, some of whom had babies in arms, marched to Burwood, where they were met by fifty police, who dispersed the demonstrators without trouble. A conference of mine owners and miners’ delegates deliberating on the demands of the coal miners for higher wages and shorter hours, broke down to-day, the owners rejecting the miners’ log completely. They suggested, however, that the miners’ delegates submit their claims to the State Arbitration Court. A special meeting of the miners’ federation will be held to-night.