The Thames Star. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1908. THINGS IN GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10399, 24 April 1908, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1908. THINGS IN GENERAL.

EIGHT HOURS BILL AND THE COAL MINERS.

lit \va« tretaemttly oalbled tliat ais the coall oAvmera of Great Britaiin ihaive reeoived thojb if lilio Miners 1 Elicit Hows . ißill 'becoimies ojpeiraltii.ve ibefore- June 30tlb, 1909, 'itKey ■wiill raise the i>ri«e of coal !by Is 6d per too on ©xiscing cfflritraidtb icovmmig' ItJie inlterval, Mr CHadetotae will mwe in 'the TSkmrn tihat iilie ißilll do mott. operalte unltil then, line opjpoisaitioni /uo flfte MSmeirs' Eight Bonw-s ißtll is very iStiromig. It was estianialbod atacienlfcly tih!at it would miean %Ja intcsreals© of 2fei a ton in the coeit o|f 'fuel. Tihie Dalily Mail 'eistiii'nilaltes that ftine Itlhir-ee of It'he larger induisitrial aseoicialtlionia opipotsed to tihe Bill—itihe IBailway Comlpaiaies iAi*iooiatlion, Hlfcue Shiipiping Federatiooi, amd tihte^Oas 'PnorteidfciTie JLssoci'attion. —iretpresetnt- in*eras|t« -wuliued; ast £1,369,000,000. The, iralue of *the iironr intereois) cannot toe etetimated, ibuft they use 30,000,000 tons of ooal a-ntaually. Aia inKsttase of 3s 6di per ton ia 'the costl of p:g iron, and 4s 6d in tibie oois'b of steel rail®, is iprediclted as the imi'nieidlialt© (result oif tWe ■enabtlmenlfc of ttihe Bill. Hotochioldeirs aaia Wng told *ha)t if tihe Bffi ia pui<ss'ed ooal, 'bread, gals, and travelfcg Will ibe «Jea:rer,' aud, in many cases, ■wageß will h& reduced.