TRADES AND LABOUR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13695, 11 September 1906, Page 5

TRADES AND LABOUR.

THE NEW SOUTH- WALES LOCK- » .. . OUT. , ~ Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. . SYDNEY, September 10. (Received Sept. 10, at 9.37 a.in.) Tho mines jin the Maitland district that will be affected in the event of a lock-out are the Hcbbui'n, East Greta. Slandfm-tl Merlhyr, Hcddon C-irela, Pehi.w Main, Abermain, and Aberdare. These mines employ altogether- 3000 men and boys.

The milters' contention is Hint Ihe dog watch shift Is injurious to health and dangerous in operation. The mine-owners claim that night work is followed in many other industries without, dangerous or injurious results.

.' The trouble has had the effect of increasing the output of the Newcastle mines, where the dog watch is not in operation. | ... .i '

(Received .Sept. 10, at 10.57 p.m. The lock-nut was enforced, in the majority of the mines in (he Maiflaild district this morning.-- The men carried out their determination not to work the do? watch, and when the day shifts presented themselves they were informed that they would not he allowed to enter tin- mines unless they were prepared to work the dog. watch. The miners thereupon returned to their hemes. At. the Heddon "iwi two other pits, where tlu-vc was ro dog watch on Sunday night, the' men worked to-day, hut it is expected that hey will refuse to work the dog watch to-night.

(Received Sept. n, nt 1.4 ~ m A meeting of the. Commit tee of lianasment of the Colliery Employees' Fede"ation.uis been convened for to-morrow to consider the lock-out. It i.s expected that overtures will be-formulated for a conference with the coal-owners

IFr.ou Our Oto-'Corhrspokdext) Tho ?^ IS '™CH, &p{eml!or w> . -mo log watch," or "do. a,ift "~, u explained by a member of the coal f, ~ Xr.ni-! °9- ock »> tl«e morning, and, fi> Af ni sk ' ei, , thcy rDl ' l,ilp 'boy XT n H f i on,oo ".««<l evening i 0 them- «•»<*. Ho considered '11 mbf wnrl- in '"■nos.noniore injurious tl f Jim opinion being based on woral w experience on the .West Coast H n tho Newcastle district a. few' weeks Vo from what he s«,,v thom J dSITt fttiT 61 i'T 1 '' 0 , would l last long jbor FT . Wlo|c ? f Australasia was •Hoit'of coal and it was o „| y the work-in, luel 11 10 „„„„„. „ t anyrateMic competent "h\ZZ « k '" g T y s r ] ™**. often ns nigh as £5 a week. I tho doe- w-ifr-l. rrtefsr 1 l th ?; j Ausf " alii * ™rt oZ- % coal tUn nvcl '- " <bo trouble ■Twrt; ™. I'M" tl.il tb v hole of ho mines ,u the Newcastle district would j0,,, in. If the miners gained etitwoiddJ 10 ■*«".«» 'wer* ihrt tho result „onld be a ne-o in tlio price, of coal, but what amount of increase would bo madeiup would depend oil what tho Col-Imiy-owners' Association dociri-d. The presen-t position was;pretty diffiwilt, and 1 scteman wb expressed this opinion .could not say poaihvoly wlwtber coal would «o rpjscd m r .rira i„. X c «- Zealand. At nd y T r . m . ,no » n No,v Ban,l > Wales Rilt Aew /pnlaiul was nutting out as much CO.JI as could, and it would not be; eurarish«i if the outcoim! of the present mU [he public fooling i„ Australia was ail against \M strikers, because tho people know to. Hip minors were well aware of :.gio >l«ii'eify,.« coal, apd wore also oarnin.ROOcl Wiut&: It was impossible to put more mm oh $0 because it would take moMliS-W up the mines work at one time. Tlio ongjiKU ■;,*(,(.„ ? | VPI| hy |ho |nin(l| , s (|mt tljo <ltfa.«llft must, eoiio expired on August a, a'ttUho furtbo,. 14 days' notice expired on &furdaj. Anol her coal merchant, informed the reporter-that the-action o! tho mmow was one of their levers for obtaining an ,ucrei>=c m !lm | ](. , vas pofsiblc they mmhl. fret w R- lt ihey were asking. If-;tho/ did, there Mould bo a liso in the price cf coal: |„it 1, 8 ra „|,| lm , w „ lm .„, !o W how miicu. The Mail land district, be said, was 1110 aourre of n-ost of the .\oncustlo' coal, ami Maitlaml .coal vras much "upcrior li the eon I not fi'cMii" district itself, though ilp,'wl, o |o l o t wa< generally called Newcastle coat.