NOT TO BE WITHDRAWN -YET
MINE LEADERS' DECISION
PHASE IN BRITISH COAL STRIKE
(United Press Association. —Copyright.)
(Reuters Telegram.) (Received- Ist July, noon.)
LONDON, 30th June.
The Miners' Federation Executive for three hours discuss--" inter alia, the question of withdrawing "safety men" from the pits in consequence of complaints of colliery managers violating local agreements. The executive de-ic*;d, for the present, to adhere to the decision to allow "safety men" to continue, as the withdrawal would unfairly penalise colliery companies loyally observing *iie agreement.
"Safety men" during a stoppage of collieries are the men who keep steam up and the pumps working to maintain the mines clear of water and otherwise look after the mines so that they may be ready for a resumption of work when the occasion arises. The secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. A. J. Cook, has more than once threatened to withdraw these men. To this threat, according to a cable message published yesterday, Mr. Shirkic, secretary of the Federation of Colliery Enginemen, replied that his federation was tired of the threat. "Mr. Cook knows well that the matter is in tho hands of the Federation of Enginemen, who decided their policy prior to the stoppage, and havo no thought of reconsidering the arrangements they made with the Coal Owners' Associations.!'
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 1, 1 July 1926, Page 9
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