BRITISH MINING STRIKE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17764, 25 April 1921, Page 5

BRITISH MINING STRIKE.

FOREIGN COAL EMBARGO. REFUSAL TO BUNKER SHIPS. INTEE NATIONAL ACTION. CONGRESS INSTRUCTIONS. By TVk-sraph— Press Association—Copyright. (Received 5.45 p.m.) A. and N 7,. IX)NDON. April 24. TTip executive of the Transport Workers' Federation carried a resolution calling on members to refuse to bunker ships 'jkinc less than the normal quantity of honkers in order to reach Continental, American, and colonial coaling ports. It ali 1 " declared that Labour must not contribute toward the discharge of Continental and American coal, as this would be strike breaking. The fvderation communicated with the International Transport Conference at Oeneva. asking; for co-operation—refusing to transport coal to Britain for strikebreaking purposes. The ( 'inference at Geneva unanimously carried a motion by Mr. Bevin instructing European and American transport workers and railwaymen to refuse to handle coal likely to be sent to Britain H'.irint: the strike.

Glasgow dockers refuse to handle coal from home or foreign ports. Five vessels with coal for Scottish railways are held up.

CONFERENCE OF PARTIES. OWNERS TO SUBMIT DETAILS. A. and N.Z. LONDON. April 22. The joint conference of Government owners, and miners sat for an hour and a-half today, and adjourned till Monday to permit the owners to submit further details of their proposals. The Miners' Conference passed a resolution of confidence in Mr. F. JJoderes, secretary to the federation, and also emphatically protested against the official explanation of the railwaymen and transport workers attributing their defection to a refusal of the miners to meet the owners. The real cause of the unjustifiable withdrawal could only be looked for in the character and structure of the Triple Labour Alliance itself. The Yorkshire Miners' Association has paid to members £80,000, having borrowed £50,000 from the Amalgamated Engineers. COAL FOR LONDON POOR. KING SENDS 50 TONS.. Australian end NZ. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 pjn.) LONDON, April 23. Tha King has despatched 50 tons of coal from the Palace cellars for distribution to the poor of London.