THE MINING CONGRESS.
A UNIVERSAL STRIKE PROPOSED FOR MAY. -
OPPOSITION OF ENGLISH AND
GERMAN DELEGATES.
A FIGHTING FUND WANTED. Prett Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.
Paris, April 3. At the Miners' Congress it was decided to vote by nations. Fears were expressed that if a general strike took place it would result disastrously for the men, who are unprepared for a strike at present.
The Miners' Congress has arrived at no decision on the question of a general strike to enforce the eight hours' system.
Paris, April 4.
The Belgian delegates to the Miners* Congress demand that there should be a universal strike of miners in May next for eight hours'per day. The English and German and a section oi the French delegates are opposed to this extreme, on the grounds that it is premature, and certain to end in defeat unless ample funds are available to carry on the struggle. The proceedings in the Congress are somewhat boisterous, and at times very violent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8533, 6 April 1891, Page 5
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