Coal Miners Grievances.
(Per Press Association.)
v. ' ' Sydney, February 28, 'The' Nowcastlo' Miiievs'.Associutior lias issued a circular fo members. asking them to seriously , consider. tlio ])Ositipn and definitely decide whether tho time has am red when an attempt should bo made to obtain an'advauco in . wages..! The circular also asks • < whether, if a ballot is taken and a 1 tivo-tliirds majority is in favor of a; strike, themembers.will abide by tlio j : tgsuU. The oreiilnr states that every v lias been tried during the past two years to got the owners to work ; ; withothe miners in bvnimiiti-'nlviiif n condition of trade, but all -.'failed, , Miners voluiitarily accepted a: reduetioii, and. did all they could iu 'the|^interests■ of, :their masters; btt" tlio ; doinands of tlio . latter • a«-o • insatiable, and tlio downward tendency, in wages • has apparout.lv no ' -limit.This is,the first.time for many "*years that a direct personal appoal lias 1 been issued by tlio leaders to tlio men, and the position, is'considered very f • omiuous for a general strike. |
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8367, 2 March 1896, Page 4
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168Coal Miners Grievances. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8367, 2 March 1896, Page 4
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