BRITAIN’S COAL DISPUTE

Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5235, 29 July 1919, Page 5

BRITAIN’S COAL DISPUTE

- . ... ■ -«0 •STRIKE COST £1,670,000 IN WAGES. LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . -MEN RESUMING. United Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON. July 26, It is estimated that the coal miners lost £1,670,000 sterling in wages. Seventy thousand pounds sterling in strike pay was distributed on Saturday. . The Yorkshire Miners’ Association has not yet considered the Government’s offer, and will probably meet to-day. The Lancashire and'Cheshire miners’ federations ar© resuming work. RAILWAYMEN’S LEADERS’ ' . WARNING. BRITAIN MUST CHANGE POLITICAL METHODS. ■ United Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Astooiation LONDON, July 26. Mr. Thomas, the railwaymen’s leader, has returned from America. He told an interviewer! “We are certain to lose commercial supremacy to America unless we drastically change our political methods. We must first restore confidence to the working clases and induce them to rely on the ballot box and refrain from strikes.” YORKSHIRE MINERS NOT SATISFIED. MEN WILL DECIDE THEIR OWN POLICY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Astooiation (Received Julv 28, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON. July 27. The Yorkshire miners state that they will decide their own policy irrespective of the Federation, and. the miners must re-open negotiations. Apart from piece work rates there are other disputes, including the question of a continuous shift. These workers get no reduction, of hours under the Sankey Commission, but some relief or extra payment must be arranged.