AUSTRALIAN, MINERS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 September 1938, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN, MINERS

J GENERAL STRIKE APPROVED;! j) . — IB i TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY I: J •If _ o (by CABLE—PBESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received September 7, 8 a.m.) . ? I SYDNEY, September 6. S A general coal strike the Commonwealth begins on Friday,-3 unless mediation intervenes 'in the.i~ meantime. The number of mine work , ers and dependents likely to be 1 fected will be one hundred thousandiS I whereof eighty per cent, are in NewZ i South Wales. The miners’ officials .stated to-night ? that there was no alternative to the ■ strike, as the mine owners and the -J State Governments’ replies to their , ultimatum were most unsatisfactory, The Federal Government merely formally acknowledged the letter. ' -■ MR. LYONS’ WARNING (Rec. Sept. 7, 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 7..',§ A coal strike throughout the Commonwealth will begin on Friday, un- -? less mediation intervenes meantime. The decision was reached after con- 3 sultation with representatives of Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Federated Enginedrivers’ and Fire- js men’s Association. s-j The Directions Committee agreed. to tentative discussions with those.s3 owners and organisations which indi- »‘ ! cated their willingness to consider the gi matters in dispute. Little hope of. satisfactory results, however, is enter- I '-? tained by the union officials. ' . 3 Mr. Lyons, in a statement at Can-. berra, warned the miners that, if. § they resorted to direct action,, they . would alienate the sympathy of general public. A strike would to waging industrial war on the com- S: munity, and would be absolutely un- .< justified. The Sydney County Council’s coal stocks represent normal supplies for Sionly twelve weeks. ’..