The Wages War.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 16, 4 September 1911, Page 6

The Wages War.

WELSH MINERS WARNEi). •'» By Electric Telegraph,—-Copyright. United Press Association. . London, September 3. The Mining Association practically agreed to meet 'the representatives of the Minors’ Federation to discuss the question of a minimum wage for working in abnormal places. ■- It is expected they will meet prior to the annual conference of the miners in October. Mr Mabon warned the South Wales miners that if they struck they would be cut off the Welsh coalfields and from the policy of the Miners’ Federation, part ,of which was a common action to secure a minimum wage. He deprecated the miners following the example of railway* indh, ' which He characterised collapse.” The lenders 1 thereof "were wise in surrendering* hut utterly unwise in pretending to : have secured a victory. . j ■ ■■ A FLAX-SPINNERS’ STRIKE. Brussels, September 3. . Twenty-five hundred ffax-spinnors struck owing to the mill owners proposing to work short time. ; THE LITHGOW TROUBLE. A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Sydney, September-3. The position at Litjigow is quiet. The police reports state that they did not drhw their batons in dispersing the croml v • ’ , , An explosion of 'dynamite only cracked a pane of glass, ; RAILWAY STRIKE IN AMERICA. THE HARRIMAN RAILROAD MEN. ' New 'York, September 3. Meetings between Mr Eruttschmitt, general manager, and the Harriman Railway Lines Employees’ Federation, relative to full Union recognition, have been fruitless. It is still hoped a strike will be averted.