THE MINERS’ STRIKE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143763, 11 April 1912, Page 3

THE MINERS’ STRIKE.

WORK BEING RESUMED. WAGES BOARDS APPOINTED. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, April 10. There has been a partial resumption of work in South. Wales, owinp to colliery officials acting as engineraon. Elsewhere the miners are preventing this! Six hundred miners at Leigh, in Lancashire, despite the police, compelled the miners at Abram’s colliery to cease work. Similar disorders occurred at Bentley, near Doncaster.

The enginomen at Durham have accepted the mine-owners’ terras. There is much trouble in Lancashire through Mr. Grcenall, president of the Lancashire and Cheshire Federation, stating that the boards will give the miners sixpence a day more if the strike continues for a week. District wages boards are being formed in a majority of districts. South Wales, South Yorkshire, and Lancashire have agreed to an independent chairman. North Wales, Somerset, Warwickshire, Northumberland, Durham, and South Derbyshire failed to agree to the Board of Trade nominating a chairman. Altogether two hundred thousand miners are working. AN UNWELCOME PROPHECY. (Received April 11, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 10. A mass meeting of miners passed a resolution expressing grave concern at the prediction by Mr. Hartshorn, the Welsh men's leader, of a renewed struggle in May or June. They appealed to Mr. Hartshorn to extricate them from the present chaos, before indulging in prophecies. A meeting of miners at Barnsley demanded that Messrs. Hall and Wandsworth, Labour M.P.’s, resign the leadership. Five thousand miners at Bolton and West Houghton, refused to resume until the minimum wage had been fixed. Strikers armed with pieces of timber attempted to prevent miners working at Golbonfe. The police dispersed them after sharp baton charges. WORK FOR THE SAILORS. (Received April 11, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 10. There have been animated scenes at Shields, whore three thousand seamen are joining two hundred steamers which were rendered idle by the strike. SOLDIERS FOR LANCASHIRE. (Received April 11, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, April 10. Three hundred Lancers at Lincoln have been ordered to Wigan. THE GISBORNE CONTRIBUTION. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, April 10. The Poverty Bay Herald closed its distress list to-day with L 290 17s 6d. The Gisborne Times forwarded 15s 6d to-day.