STILL OUT

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1920, Page 5

STILL OUT

THE STATE MINERS,

RAILWAY FACILITIES

MEN ADHERE TO DECISION.

GENERAL MANAGER'S VISIT

A deadlock has arisen in regard to the train service for the State mine and as a result the men are still out and from information received to-day there is every likelihood that work will not be commenced on Monday as was anticipated, whilst the general opinion of the men is that unless the timetable which was drawn up and agreed to by u em and the Railway Department is adhered to a further stoppage is by no means unlikely: A telegram was received yesterday stating that Mr. I. A. James, general manager of the State (Collieries will arrive in Greymouth to-morrow evening when he will meet the men and discuss the position. The Miners Union expressed its willingness to meet the men but emphatically declined to agree to any arrangement for an earlier starting of the train or a later qde--rarture from the mine. The fares of course had already been reduced, and the only question that now remains is the readjustment of the timetable

Meanwhile the men have not returned to work and the Union officials state that it is unlikely that they will be able to give the men notice to return by Monday, even if the result of the interview with Mr. James is satisfactory. Up to the present 2,800 tons of coal has been lost to the public.

The miners agreed to supply sufficient coal to enable the Borough Council to keep up pumping operations for ' '««• town water supply and for a full gas supply. It is to be hoped that a satisfactory settlement of the dispute will be arrived at.