BRITISH MINERS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20055, 18 September 1920, Page 10

BRITISH MINERS.

i>/OUTPUT AND WAGES. ;f„ r •p. ; MiHers and owners to !' , ! 1 meet. -4 4 v y'e.jigraph—Prejs Association—Copyright, b 1 i ' p e,l * cr ’ 3 Telegrams. (Received September 18, 2.20 p.m.) . * ' LONDON, September 17. , 'j ir> t Official .report ot to-day's coal’ i ( jiiwW>o showed that tho, discussion . r< (Dj j 1 'round the question of in- ?(?■* ‘’f 1 <!<>utput. Sir uobert Horne, Aln),iVi| of Labour, said that any increased (Output of coal would necessarily entail jp; review of the whole situation. f: His ideifwas that for, all lon. I ;'got above a.; certain basis line, viio miners should . get ait advance. J hat would be a di- . • reeb incentive. I 7 ' 'Mv 'Sipillio, president of the Miners’ p/Federation, said that the. miners had labandoned tho claim that their two wore indivisible; Now Sir K. V Hpvnoi was trying lo make them believe v\> they wore actually quarrelling :;w;ahcmtj 'the question of increased outJ put, j There was nothing of the kind. ! Connection with.the-settlement of f J.tho oloctricians’ dispute it had been agreed that foremen will not bo comto join tho Electrical Trades jr'./UuiCnl, i This was the point over which ! the trouble arose. jSmillie asked: Why should tho '(if.itninerf '(begin to increase the output fot the,: purpose of increasing wages, wheurthe Government was already get. ~ ting tjicrmoney to pay the increase? He . added, that unless tho increase were ffiicpaceaed tho miners’ other proposals need ; nbt bo considered. They have recommended the Aimers’ Conference 1 ’that the strike shoulct take place. K•. Sir I Robert Horne remarked that he k' thougpfc it would not b© difficult to find ’ •ha sis’, 1 oh, which increased wages ;fe«hould be obtained, having relation to a,largor output.. T^r 1 ,"Mr jSmillie said that they refused to Sir Robert'Homo’s proposal r‘ l to,.ses up an Industrial’Board to en- , dotlvopr to increase tho output of coal sf unless an advance of-2 s was given. ■. Sir sßobcrt Horne said ho had ascertained that tho colliery Owners were i|.wwilHn& to meet tile miners to discuss hj the question of output, and ho urged -y.Uio 'minors to nieet thA emplovcrs on yjsthifr question. He declared that all .jT.fheir efforlis should now be directed to a conflict which would! be disastrous, and bogged the miners ji/to, meet hinv again on Monday. To %,{his agreed. , .