THE NEWCASTLE STRIKE.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12724, 21 February 1910, Page 3

THE NEWCASTLE STRIKE.

MINE OWNERS' POSITION. STICKING TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSITION. IPeeBB Association— Copymgbt.] ""Sydney, Feb 19. Iv a statement handed to the press [the Northern mine owners show that they have no intention or accepting any -but an unan uirequivivocal resumption or v.o» k. The statement makes it clear that the mine owners' terms in granting a conference are that when the Wages Board meets again the miners mast submit their grievances and the pits must be ready to receive the miners on Wednesday morning, and the miiers must be ready to go to work at the usual time under the old conditnus. When these conditions are oompi'.;d with the Wages Board will proceed with its work. The South Clifton is the only Southern mine now idle. It is blocked by an old standing local difficulty.