BRITISH COAL DEADLOCK

Evening Star, Issue 19386, 21 October 1926, Page 5

BRITISH COAL DEADLOCK

LEADERS’ HEW CABPAKR ACTIVITY IN MIDLANDS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 20. The miners’ “ Council of War ” sat at Nottingham planning a whirlwind campaign by which it is believed,, according to Mr Cook, that the position, can be regained throughout the Midlands by the week-end. Tho police are most active, and the movements and actions of tho members of the executive are noted. The reports are sent to the Home Secretary and the owners^, Publicity experts are also working in the area, with the result that there is a flood of leaflets and oratory on both sides. The split in the' Nottingham miners’, organisation has been healed. BRIQUETTES FROM GERMANY. SEVERAL TONS DESTROYED. LONDON, October 20. (Received October 21, at 9.40 a.m.) German coal briquettes, stamped on one side “Kaiser” and on the other 1 “Lest we forgot,” destined for-con-sumption by patriotic Britons, will not reach their destination. The Newcastle collier Spanker, which conveyed them from Stettin on account of the coal strike, broke into flames. Thames tugs, with hoses, subdued the fire, but 3,000 tons of coal are still smouldering.— Sydney 1 Sun ’ Cable.