THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERIES STRIKE.
r Representations by Ship Owners. r Reply by Coal Mine Proprietors, I An Unreasonable Strike by 8 XJngratefut Men, 3 No Chance ol Compromise, 3 [United Press Association.] 1 Newcastle, Ihis 'Day. 7 _ A meeting of over 70 shipowners have i issued a circular requesting the colliery a owners to consider the serious detention t of vessels by the coal strike, and, if possis ble, to offer the miners their own terms f to resume work. It was pointed out that il shipping, representing over 170,000 tons, t was lying idle at Newcastle. The coal f owners liava replied claiming that the i strike was unreasonable in the present > state of the trade, and that the men had ■> aoted with shameful ingratitude, oausing s enormous losses to the coal owners and t others. They indicated that a meeting of > coal ownerswonldbeheldinSydney to-day, i when it is believed that the masters > intend to take decisive. action, but it is i considered that there is no chance of a compromise being effeoted.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 141, 16 June 1896, Page 2
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174THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERIES STRIKE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 141, 16 June 1896, Page 2
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