NO CHANCE OF TEMPORARY RESUMPTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 268, 13 November 1909, Page 5

NO CHANCE OF TEMPORARY RESUMPTION.

ALL SOUTHERN MIXERS OUT.

POSSIBILITY OF A GENERAL

STRIKE

(Received Nov. 13, 10.25 a.m.) •'■■-. ~.■ ;. . SYDNEY, Nov. 13. : A congrcri of delegates i'rom the three mining districts ■will beheld today to consider the northern proprietors' decision. The prospects of the congress fulling in with the suggestion to resume work preparatory to a conference are considered very unlikely. ! The Mount Keira miners "downed" their tools last night. All the southern miners are now out. An aggregate meeting of western miners decided to cease "work immediately. It is expected that all the pits will be idle to-day. - r - The eofee works at < Bulli and Beli lanibi, have■.,.paid off and have closed. [ ..The; outlook is considered vany thing but hopeful, and fears of a general strike are increasing. ,< Thestrike leaders state that the object of a general strike is to raise public opinion to coerce the mine-owners/

Addressing the Hetton Lodge, one of the delegates announced that the! miners were not going ta allow anyone to try to wprk the mines. . Mr* Bowling expressed the opinion that the waterside and other unions woUld come out if: called. The spirit of unification among the unions was never so strong as to-day. Nothing would be done to hurt the public— that would be avoided-but it< was a fight for supremacy, and theiunions must have all the power they could get. Mr Bowling mention 3d that he had offers of assistance from ajl parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Other matters will be: considered at to-day's, congress.