STRIKE PERIL AT HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14922, 21 February 1912, Page 7

STRIKE PERIL AT HOME

CABINET ACTION POSSIBLE. MODUS VIVENDI REPORTED. COAL IS VITAL TO COTTON . TRADE. By Telegraph..—Press Association.— Copyright (Received February 20, 10.40 p.m.) . London, February 20. In connection with the coalmines crisis, Sir Geo. Askwith has conferred with the Industrial Council and has submitted representations to the Government. It is expected that the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) will announce in the House of Commons to-day the action which it is proposed to take. 1 Negotiations before the Conciliation Board,-representing the English mineowners and miners, continue. It is rumoured that a modus vivendi has been reached with regard to minimum wages. The latest rumours. from South Wales indicate the possibility of an adjustment. The cotton trade of Manchester will be gravely affected if the coal supplies stop. It cannot survive a week's stoppage of the mines. TRANSPORTERS AND MINERS. \ COAL UP FOUR SHILLINGS. London, February 19. There was great excitement on the Coal Exchange to-day. Prices in South London have advanced 4s since Friday. The executive of the National Transport Workers recommends that in the event of a strike all affiliated unions should assist the miners in every possible way. ' ! Elaborate precautions are being taken to prevent rioting in South Wales, and the police arrangements in the. colliery Villages are complete. ■'-;.-;; . '', , : .';■'■';' _ 1 In the House of , Commons Mr. Sydney .\ Buxton (President of the Board of Trade) declined to make a statement as; to the Government's proposed action in the event of a strike. The Conciliation Board, representing the coal owners and miners, met privately in London. OTHER LABOUR STOPPAGES. POLICE READY AT GLASGOW. London, February 19. The Glasgow shipowners insist on : the dockers adhering to the terms of the agreement signed by the men in the presence of Sir G. R. Askwith, Board of Trade Conciliator. \ They are arranging to remove the cargoes now held up, to the value of'a million sterling, under military i' protection. "'.'..''.' , % ..,' [ (Received February 20. 10.40 p.m.) ' ../ "';'■' London, February 20. ,,' The authorities at Glasgow having 1 assured shipowners of sufficient , police protection, 300 unionists have ; begun to remove cargo. j SALFORD LIGHTS ARE OUT. London, February 19. The municipal employees at Sal- ' ford (one of the Manchester boroughs) have struck. The electric • light and power station and the gas plant are at a standstill, and the scavenging service is also interrupted. .'; : ' ■ ; . ==============