N.S.W. MINERS' STRIKE
FREE LABOUR DISCUSSED (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, May 10. The Northern coal-owners will meet on Monday to discuss the question of introducing voluntary labour in idle minee. It is estimated since the Maitland pits closed employees have lost nearly £250,000 in wages. Another south coast pit, the Metropolitan, employing 600 men, has been rendered idle. The southern owners have issued an ultimatum that unless the idle mines resume immediately the conference with the Miners’ Federation fixed for tomorrow will be abandoned. THE OWNERS DETERMINED SYDNEY, May 10. The coal outlook is blacker than ever, the owners having decided to use every means possible to work the mines. The only ray of hope is a split in the miners’ rank, the moderates opposing the Communist section who advocate a ficht to a finish. MEN INFLEXIBLE. SYDNEY, May K (Received May 10, 10.25 p.m.). The miners decided that they would not give way to the demands made by the owners. They state that rather than do this, they will engage in the bitter contest, which must ensure in consequence of this decision. The conference between the southern owners and miners was postponed indefinitely by the owners.
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Southland Times, Issue 18938, 11 May 1923, Page 6
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