COAL MINERS RESTIVE.
.THE THREATENED STRIKE. WELLINGTON, February 7. The threatened strike of coal miners, of which the first reports have been heard, is not without its bearing on the Wellington North election. The onlv man who has any chance of beating Mr Luke is the Labour candidate, Mr Holland, and if the strike comes while the election fight is in progress Mr- Holland's chances will be badly spoiled. He has much influence with the miners, and he may be able to persuade them to go on working until the election is over*. It is-understood that the Government is not going to make the mistake that it made last year, and that if the miners ask for a battle this time- they will have their wish. The demand is for increased wages and for the release of Mr Webb from the clutches of the military. The men will not get their increases without a fight, which means that they will not get them at all, and Mr Webb may safely make his arrangements for obeying the * law just like any other citizen. If the strike should turn out to be a bad business the visit of Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward to England may have to be postponed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3335, 13 February 1918, Page 14
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