MINING TROUBLES
PUKBMIRO MEN STILL IDLE.
The Pukemiro mine is still idle over the question of the status of the enginedrivers. No fresh development in tho situation is anticipated before Wednesday, when the dispute, now a national' one, will be considered at "stop-work" meetings of all the unions.
Discussing the statement made by Mr. W. Pryor, secretary of the Coal Mineowners' Association, in reply to a statement made by Mr. J. Arbuckle, secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Arbuckle said to-day that time did not permit of the Pukemiro men deciding to resume on Thursday, pending a sitting of the National Disputes Committee. Mr. Arbuckle stated that although he was in communication with Mr. Pryor on Tuesday, he had nothing definite to place before the Pukemiro Union. It was Wednesday morning before he received word from Mr. Pryor' 1 that the Coal Mine-owners had agreed to the suggestion that the Dis-' putes Committee should meet. It was then that he (Mr. Arbuckle) telegraphed the union stating that he had agreed to the proposal. The -union would not receive the telegram until Wednesday afternoon—too late for the men to decide to start Thursday morning. Moreover, the miners did not call the enginedrivers out at Pukemiro. Pukemiro was a dry mine, and consequently there was no danger of it flooding.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 88, 11 October 1920, Page 8
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