LABOR CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1920, Page 5

LABOR CRISIS.

BRITISH COAL MINERS, SOTINGi FAVORS STRIKE. ■ PJ Telegraph.—Pre** Assn.-rCopytiilik (Received August 29, 6.S p.m. London, August 28. The ballot in South Wales resulted: In favor of a strike 143,471, against 42,013. Sir Robert Home (President of the Board of Trade) will meet the leaders of the triple alliance on Tuesday. Although the miners' ballot will give more than the requisite two-thirds majority for a strike, there is an unexpectedly substantial vote against a strike, particularly in Yorkshire, Nottingham, and Northumberland. This fact is influencing the leaders, who are anxious to find a way out, because other unions are generally opposed to a coal strike, as it would cause widespread unemployment.—Aus.-KZ, Cable Assn, London, August 26. Though thj first ballots show sweeping majorities in favor of a coal strike, the crisis has entered on a more hopeful phase. Trade union opinion is generally hardening against a strike. It is pointed out that, if £1 a week were paid to the miners as strike pay, the funds would be exhausted in three weeks. Mr. Arthur Henderson urges, that the issue between the miners and the Government is not really nationalisation, but wages, which have been affected by the increased cost of living, which, he declares, is a negotiable proposition.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.