WELSH COAL STRIKE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13337, 28 March 1911, Page 5

WELSH COAL STRIKE.

SOME SIDELIGHTS. Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, March 27. Tho Times’ Tonypandy correspondent describes as Gilbertian tho inward workings of tli© strike. The leaders, having agreed to a ballot, wore compelled to hold it, but, lest the strikers should lose the British Miners’ Federation contribution, it was arranged to hold the ballot concurrently with the distribution of funds. The strikers received w’th their strike pay a perforated card, one-half marked “for” and the other “against,” and were instructed to display the unused half on their caps. The strike committee supplied pins to attach the tickets to their caps. Militant leaders were stationed at the voting booths. The correspondent adds.—A more ingenious and effective form of intimidation it would bo hard to imagine. Out of 12,000 strikers 2000 boys were not allowed to poll. Nearly 3000 adults were absent, seeking work elsewhere. The strikers arc drawing foodstuffs and necessaries from tho tradesmen on credit. They regard the strike pay as pocketmoney, not for the purpose of paying tho rent. ■ i, THE STRIKE BALLOT. x/ Press Opinion. . Received March 28, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, March 27. Tile Morning Leader, referring to the Cambrian strike ballot, says; “Men, even if beside themselves with fury or fanaticism, don’t vote without reason foi the indefinite continuance of acute suffering. It is hoped the Board of Trade will promptly discover the reason for such action, and take stops to remove it.”