Many British Coal Mines Idle
LONDON, August 22 (Rec. 1 p.m.).—A strike by a few hundred men who operate the pit cages in coal mines has thrown many British mines out of production and thousands of men are idle. In the Yorkshire area 63,000 miners are affected and 20,000 Lancashire miners are idle. The pit winders’ stoppage was staged against official union advice, to enforce a demand for higher wages.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 August 1949, Page 5
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