RE-OPENING OF THE BARRIER MINES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3162, 29 September 1892, Page 3

RE-OPENING OF THE BARRIER MINES.

I'll K Opening Of tint J MitlO I^t week, says a writer, was not- productive oi t'ie disorder which had been feared There wa.s sonic hunting "f individual miners liy mobs of infui iated strikers ami their sympathirers, hut nothing wor.se. Ihe lerUrs having inflamed tlio passions of their followers to this pitch, wire atito to prevent them from seeking more dangerous outlets. Many of those who determined to Jipply for work in spite* of the overwhelming forces arrayed against the:n ;i bravery, which in my opinion, was <piit« as worthy of the \ ietona Ca'os.s as any action for which that coveted decoiation is usuallv i.'ivcn. XoL 11 *any men went back to work. As usual in these suicidal movements, the terrorism established by the more violent spirits is too sivage and too unscrupulous to be braved with impunity, and nono but those who are exceptionally courageous caie to make the attempt. In the meantime the leaders promulgate groundless assurances, that victory i-'J i.-t riain, and their follow ets alTect to believe them, notwithstanding the troublesome fact that all the other assurances from the same beginning with the ingenious taradiddle by which the men were tirsh induced to strike, have been shown to have had no other foundation than the. fertile but distempered imagination of the men who have put themselves at the head of the movement. If their belief in these transparent fallacious promises of success, In-Ips t»i soften llu* galling bonds of brute coercion in which they are enmeshed, I for one do not Grudge them the palliation. I uu!v wish there was as much courage, as much ability for organisation the ■dde of truth and freedom, as there is on that of falsehood and coercion. If the

Harrier miners really enjoyou tue nneiry of u>di\idual action which is the biithriglit of every Britain and every Australian the Barrier strike would come to an end to-morrow.