COAL MINERS' STRIKE

Otago Witness, Issue 3274, 13 December 1916, Page 22

COAL MINERS' STRIKE

MINERS RESUME WORK. STILL OPPOSING CONSCRIPTION. GREYMOUTH, December 5. Tho restricted output in t-he State collieries is partly raised so far as the hewers ere concerned, but the truckers are dissatisfied, and demand an additional li, per cent. Truckers who were formerly paid 10s 6d now get lis 6d, including the 10 per cent, war bonus. Tho demand is to •nake the truckers up to 12s 3d. Mean-

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while the miners' maximum wage is fixed by the union at 17s 6d, including a bonus of 10 per cent. WELLINGTON, December 11. At a meeting yesterday tho"" Blackball miners decided to resume work to-day. NEDSON, December 11. Tho agcnt3 for the Puponga Company have received word that the miners of Puponga and North {.'ape have resumed work. GREYMOUTH, December 11. The Blackball and Paparoa miners resumed work to-day. There is still a feeling of unrest, and anti-conscription meetings will bo held at the different centres. Tho Paparoa miners will return to work

to-morrow. Tho dispute has been amicably settled. Work proceeded quietly all day at Blackball, although the mine is not yet fully manned.