ANOTHER BREAKAWAY.

Grey River Argus, 14 October 1926, Page 5

ANOTHER BREAKAWAY.

BY MINERS. Fight To Go On. (Reed. Oct. 13 at 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 13. The largest breakaway yet of miners occurred yesterday. Mr Baldwin, the Prime Minister, had' a conference with the Cabinet Coal Committee yesterday regarding supplies. The Miners’ Federation Secretary, Mr A. Cook, speaking at Old Basford, said that he had been informed that if tho Miners’ Federation on Thursday decided to carry on the fight the Government proposed to declare martial law in Derbyshire, Nottingham, and the Midlands. He warned the authorities not to irritate hungry men. LONGER HOURS LEGISLATION. DENOUNCED AS INFAMOUS. LONDON, October 12. ' At the Labour Conference, Mr Rhysi Davies, M.P., moved a resolution protesting against the Government abjectly surrendering to the mine owners by passing the infamous coal minors’ bill. Mr Kirkwood moved the reference, back, saying that they wanted a resolution with a kick in it. The whole of civilisation was looking to see whether the Labour leaders had courage to face the most murderous set of capitalists that had ever held sway. Mr J. IT. Thomas said that, the opponents of the resolution wanted to impose a compulsory levy, and put an embargo on imported coal. “You know yon cannot do either. Don’t play the hypocrite and pretend you can. ’ ’ The Rhys Davies’ resolution was carried by 3,315.000 votes to 210,000. An amendment for the reference back was defeated, and the closure was carried. SAFETY MEN’S ATTITUDE. LONDON, October 12. The minors’ safety men’s delegate conference unanimously decided to re-, main at work. THOMAS AND TTLLET. SICK OF THE FIGHT. LONDON, Oct. 12. Mr J. 11. Thomas, at the conference of the Labour Party, made some remarkable disclosures of the ruinous effect of the strike upon big unions when [ho was permitted to speak. He crushingly informed extremists that the railwaymen could not pay any levy, because since May Ist last, forty-five thousand railwaymen had been unemployed, and two hundred thousand were working only throe days a week. Mr Ben Tillet backed up the argument, declaring that eighty thousand of the transport workers were unemployed, and that one hundred thousand of them wore working only part time. His Union had spent one million sterling in the minors’ interest. His Union was now half a million in debt. Mr Thomas, facing interjeetors, said “The time has come for those of us who have had to stand slurs and jeers to speak out. Wo will not deceive the miners. Do not let poor men and wo- : men believe you arc going to do something when you cannot.”