On Friday, June 17th, Mr. Hodges informed the Prime Minister -
of the result of the ballot, and said-that the strike was to continue. Apparently he expected the Prime Minister to make some new proposal. Mr. Lloyd George on Saturday last expressed his regret at the:miners' decision, sad stated that the Government's offer of £10,000,000 AS a ;SOp to the miners mould lapse on the Sunday night. The extreme men who unhappily. control the Miners' Federation took advantage of the situation. Nothing, of course, pleased them more than that the strike ahould go on ; nothing is so unpalatable to them as industrial peace. They instructed their nominal leaders to a& " the unions affected by wage disputes " tolneet the Miners' Federation "with the object of taking national action with the miners to secure their mutual demands." In plain English, they wanted the cotton operatives, the engineers, and others to go or remain on strike because the miners wanted, or thought they wanted, a " national pool." The for who had lost his tail wanted the other foxes to cut off their own tails. The unions:-showed no disposition to do so.
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