THE STRIKE ON THE RAND.
OWNERS REFUSE' ARBITRA-
TION.
A GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED.
By Telegraph. Association.—
(Received May 20, 9.28 p.m.)
Pretoria, May 20. The mineowners have refused to submit the question in dispute with the miners to arbitration.
Delegates representing 27 of the producing mines on the Rand met yesterday, and resolved that ail skilled men employed in the producing mines owned by companies and syndicates affiliated to the Chamber of Mines shall cease work. The last shift is to be worked to-morrow. The resolution exempts the J. B. Robinson Group of Mines. London, May 20. The Johannesburg correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that, the outlook is grave, owing to the presence of so many Chinese, who may try to break. of the compounds.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13493, 21 May 1907, Page 5
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