N.S. WALES COLLIERY STRIKE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14701, 8 December 1909, Page 5

N.S. WALES COLLIERY STRIKE

INVITATION TO RESUME WORK,

THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS.

FRICTION IN VICTORIA,

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright

SYDNEY, December 7,

(Received Dec. 7, at 11.30 p.m.)

In the Assembly to-day Mr Lee announced that the Government had decided to invite the mine-owners to open tho mines and the miners to return to work to-morrow, Both sides had a guarantee of justice from, the tribunal appointed under the Industrial Disputes Act, If this had not the desired effect, if the mine-owners could find men and mine enough coal for public requirements the Government was prepared to give then) all the protection it could.

Tiie cases against the strike leaders were resinned at Newcastle to-day. The. Crown desired to have the cases sent on to Sydney for hearing, but the magistrate refused the. request, and granted a remand till Monday.

Three hundred miners in Victoria have sent a petition over to Mr Justice Isaacs (deputy-president of the Federal Arbitration Court), in which they state that they hid a. dispute with their owners, Mid were also in sympathy with the Ncwcastlo strikers. They were prepared to strike if their united grievances were not at once submitted to the Federal Arbitration. Court. Mr Justice Isaacs replied that under the circumstances disclosed the law did not authorise or contemplate his intervention

THE PALERMO'S COAT,.

LUMPERS DECLINE TO WORK. MINERS' DELEGATES TO BE PROSECUTED. SYDNEY, December 7. At their meeting the coal lmnpere reaffirmed their decision not to work the Palermo's coal. Resides arrestiacr five leaders, the authorities obtained leave to prosecute, under the. Industrial Disputes Act, 15 miners' delegates in the northern district. A number of prominent citizens favour the Government temporarily resuming work at certain mines. The railway supplies will ] lls t till Christmas. Tho Gas Company has three weeks' supply. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT INTERVENE. MELBOURNE, December 7 (Received Dec. 7, at 11.30 p.m.) On a motion for adjournment the Labour members in the Senate- urged the I'tderal Government to interpose in the strike Mr MiUen, representing tho Government, said it had no status, and could not interpose unless circumstances brought the .dispute, within the ombit of the l'ederal authority.