THE COAL STRIKE
AN INVOLVED SITUATION THOUSANDS OF MINERS RESUMING (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Aseociatiooj LONDON, June 19. The result of the coal ballot has created the most obscure situation since April. Despite the result, thousands of miners returned to the pits. The management’s generous treatment is heartening the men elsewhere to do likewise. The majority of the undamaged pits in Midlothian and Derbyshire are opening on Monday. Other groups are expected to follow. Meanwhile local union branches have been instructed to ensure that no men return to work until ordered by the executive to return. The mass miners’ appeal for general strike to other disputing unions affects eleven organisations, with a membership of nearly four millions. The response is uncertain. Many unions are bankrupt and incapable of paying out donations. The cotton operatives, engineers, woollen workers and tram-men, representing 2,500,000, have practically agreed to the settlement, and are unlikely to respon to the appeal.
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Southland Times, Issue 19256, 21 June 1921, Page 5
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158THE COAL STRIKE Southland Times, Issue 19256, 21 June 1921, Page 5
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