THE GREAT COAL STRIKE.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10186, 9 April 1912, Page 1

THE GREAT COAL STRIKE.

A MilSlEi FATALITY. STJIIKEIiS KILLED BY FALL OF COAL, j COAL OWNERS D'ECLiNI? fJ"O DJB : CUSS DJSMANDS. STRIKERS INVADE PITS. FIGHTS WITH POLICE 1. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KAILWAY . COMPANIES. I (Per United Press Association.) (Received Bth, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 7 A party of strikers were searching ■ for coal in a disused mine at Nani.y- | inoel, when a huge fall occiu-redt j Two "of the party were killed, and | one boy was also killed. j ' Elsewhere several similar accidents have been reported recently. j The coal owners have decliiiedj to I further discuss the demands of ihu [ \ Monmouthshire and South Wales-en- 1 I ginemen and stokers. ! ; Mr Keir Hardie is distributing cue , hundred sterling to necessitous min-. I ers, contributed by the Westralian Timbei'workers' Union. The strikers at Newbridge, Monmouthshire, invaded the pitheads to force the strikebreakers to cease.despite the efforts of the police. . Other disturbances, have occurred at Rotherham, Midlothian, Westfife, but were not serious. Many trades unionists made allegations that the railway companies, : iin consequence of the coal strike, ure discharging proniinent union leiad'ers, ■pas'ticularly' on the ■ Metropolitan, Central, and London railways.