TRADES AND LABOUR.
NEW YORK, November 30. The miners on strike at Zeigler, Illinois, fired into the town all night from an ambush. Gatling guns on top of Leiter's office and a coal tip answered the fire. The Militia has arrived. December 1. Mr Joseph Leiter, owner of the Zeigler mines, in which there is a strike, has been indicted for bringing armed men into the State and violating the statute. He is liable to a term of imprisonment ranging from one to five years. SIDNEY, December 1. It has transpired that a conference be-
tween the Northern colliery owners ar.d employees, ivith a view to settling the dispute, proved abortive. It is improbable that there will be any further negotiations.
Mr G. E. Butler, drawing master at the Boys' Hig.h School, has resigned his position, having decided to leave ioi early next yeas,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2647, 7 December 1904, Page 59
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