INDUSTRIAL HURLY-BURLY.

Northern Advocate, 14 February 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL HURLY-BURLY.

MINIMUM WAGE PRINCIPLE.

QUARTER OF MILLION NOTICES.

(Received Feb. 14, 1.15 p.m.)

LONDON, Feb. 13

The Miners' Federation has resolved that a settlement is impossible unless the principle of an individual minimum wage for men and boys is conceded. They are willing to meet all the owners to further discuss the question if the owners so desire. Meanwhile one hundred and fifty thousand in North Wales, forty thousand in Derbyshire, besides th-2 mincis in Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, and Duiham have lendered notice to terminate their contracts in a fortnight faibng the minimum wage concession. PROTRACTED LITHGOW TROUBLE. SYDNEY, Feb. 14. Senator Pearce is mediating in the Lithgow dispute. Mr Beeby states that the Government intends to buy the Lithgow ironworks or to establish another. LITERARY MEN CEASE WORK. The literary staff of tho Labor newspaper "The Worker," failing in their negotiations for higher wages, ceased vork. Conferences resulted' in th * men's demands being conceded. ILLOGICAL. SYDNEY, Feb. 14. A meeting of representatives of the transport workers resolved that, while in sympathy wi"h a union or j;roup of unions confined to one industry resisting oppressive conditions, thov were not in sympathy with tin- prineinlfs of a great strike, because it was illogical to injure indiscriminately ami to destroy amicable relations. It was i'urt-ier resolved th-av ii would be treated a« ar offence if any mem'f's ceased work or i>:>\cnUed any vessel.