Blackball Miners Support Seamen

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 301, 6 December 1922, Page 2

Blackball Miners Support Seamen

The Blackball Miners have -expreail ed their strong sympathy with $$ seamen by a.very large majority, "bii this notwithstanding, have suffepej! misrepresentation at the hands of tW cup'itallst press. "■■ ' . '-~\ -The West Coast the Ghristchure'lv "Press" was respojy sible for the follow aig message, Uij' gist of which, also appeared in the: GreymoTittt "Star": "The Coast grs apparently resent the seameii'j recent action. . At a slop-work meeting, held 5>3 r the Blackball miners yesi Lerday ; a vote was taken on ia prs posal thai chips inanne.d by free I bour should not be supplied with coal, ; The proposal was tur.ned down by nj 1 haeeri'.aia manner, the voting hmi ■zOO '.against and only e;ght for. Tli } mine is working to-rtay. As regardl ! ihe Roa inine, no stoppage .has o c ; euvr;d yince work was resumed nftgj ; the enforced idleness caused by Hj I shortage of shipping." ■ . : ; To correct the erroneous impree • .eion g-'ve'ti by tho statement in tiii j''Star," Mr.' T. ' G. Daly,. Secretary j Blackball Miners' Union, wrote tlij jrollowiug reply: : J : ' ; In thi. c 5 evenjng's issue of til 1 : S-|iv..' ther© appears a par deulffi 1 the atutude- atlopred by tS jTjla.ckball•' minors towards the sej 1 men.'* strike. As president of t union, I <les re to give jour staterag 1 af t absolute deivial "afld v/H lalso sta j the facts. When our meeting time as j rived on Suntla.y_ considerably over ! quorum were present. the ordin !ui;y'business -wa.s transacted, but a we vv r ore not in possession of all .fij jtactM regarding the stvike > we a(-';!ourned-till Tuesday, hop'.ng that ij ■■•li-??t v»'e would have moro infonnalioi j ur-on v/hioh to base our (sase. . bo yoi p.viil readily understand from ta I above that your information is en ! :ive!y inisltfafting. The last part o ; your par as interpreted by any sen .•.•;i;i e person, if-, also misleading, as '■ozii state without fear of contradic ■Uon, that the miners here aie urai ; tically unanimous in their support o J the -aims and aspirations of the eea Inien on slrike, but fts tfcere is i :much ireaclieiT go'«ng on at preset it.hey deem it advisable to remain 3 J wo-fte.-- YOU IJj! Ino t<?-in y out next '-issue.** —'' *