STRIKE OF MINERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 23, 22 August 1928, Page 6

STRIKE OF MINERS.

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FINE" INFLICTED.

Prisa A%o"otji + ?r.Ti—Cor^ri^t , V' . WESTPORT, This Day. At the Magistrate's Court this • morning the Demnston; Miners** Utfnion wa s found ,guilty of a' breach' ;of the Labom- Disptttes" Investigation! Act" 1913 in respect'vto<& strike, atr the Westport' Coar-Ooinpany's Cas-* cade Mine fined' £GSs':ancV costs. jv?; ','■-■ " '•-'' '-.-' ;■';.. Thef action wk' brohgM by the. Inspector of Awards. The strike toelr place m May 18 and ,the Unionists hadr been out e*er since although ai co-operative party had been working the mine! during ' / this period. The employment of the co-operative $w by along with the unionists was the primary cause of the" ■■ B?i*Pft"' of unionists at Cascade. The mine hag been open only for about eight months.