ENGLISH COAL CRISIS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 3

ENGLISH COAL CRISIS.

■STRIKE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION"

(Elee. Tel. Copyright— United Press (Received August 26. 9.20 a.rn ) LONDON, A-.U-. 24., /I he miner.-* strike ballot, .commencing to-dsiy. will he completed'' on Monday. A two-thirds majority for a (strike U regarded as a. foregone conclusion,'" 'but there is -divided opinion among the leaders regarding it, 3 desirabiHty. ' Mr Clynes urges publio discussion between the miners' leaders and the Government.

There are many protests against pit boys, aged sixteen,. being allowed, to vote on the same terms as-grown, men with families. \ '■ ■ ' The export of food is being stopped 111 Jjj leMr &f tne possibility of a strike. Tlie newspapers are interviewing trade union officials regarding the strike. .Many are of the opinion that the Miners' Federation should not singly have power to- call a strike, causingwidespread misery and unemployment among industrial workers. i It is expected the question of intervention m the coal strike .will be discussed at the Trades Unioni Congress meeting at Portsmouth on September 6. Jt is expected the engineering lock-out, cabled on the 21st, will be averted. Negotiatiors are proceeding. It is rev ported that other unions resent one set of workers compromising them without consultation. — A. and N^Z.G.A.