COAL DEADLOCK.
ATTITUDE OF OWNERS. SYDNEY, June 7. It is stated that passive resistance by the coal-owners is irritating the miners’ representatives, who fear that the men will be starved into submission. The fact that some mines in the south-western area of New South Wales have been working while the northern mines are idle has enabled the industries to keep going, and in a large measure has defeated the object of tile strikers.
A sinister announcement, however, was made by Mr J. T. Atkins, general secretary of the Federated En-gine-Drivers’ and Firemen’s Association. Mr Atkins intends recommending his State Council to withdraw all the members of his organisation from the pits now working, thereby cutting off coal supplies from all parts of the State. Mr Atkins stated that he looked for no amelioration of the position from the Coal Commission, and from the first he had been convinced that an “all in” strike was essential to the success of the miners’ cause.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 161, 8 June 1929, Page 9
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162COAL DEADLOCK. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 161, 8 June 1929, Page 9
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