THE COAL STRIKES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12265, 11 October 1902, Page 3

THE COAL STRIKES.

CABLEGRAMS. [fee PEIiS ASSOCIATION.— COPT EIGHT.]

FBEKCH MINER?. Eecsirsd October 11, 1 s.m, Pakis. October 10. Of 120,000 miners in France 100,000 have struck. But all those at Monoean and the hulk of those at Anzim are still working. The Yellow or non-union syndicate miners have issued a manifesto urging the men not to listen to the union leaders, but to continue work. The Yellow party have distributed 20 revolvers and a thousand csrtridges te each section of tha Anzim non-union ists, with orders that the wespons ate to hs used exclusively to defend their homes.

BRITISH MINERS. Beceired 0. tober 11,1 a.m, London, October 10. Tha Miners’ Conference at Southport recommended each section of tha Feder. ation net to enter into any wages agreement binding it beyond 1903. A special conference will be held in January to consider the details of the position.

MINERS CONFIDENT. London, October 9. It is reported from New York that 260 of the Pennsylvanian Miners’ Unions have endorsed the attitude of Mr Mitchell, their representative, who refused to accept President Eoeievelt’e offer of a compromise. Only fifty of the nnioni are silent. The miners threaten to hang soma of the coal owners to lamp pests.