On Wednesday the miners' leaders conferred with the leaders of
the railwaymen and transport workers, who form with them the "Triple Alliance." Later in the day they asked for an interview with the Prime Minister, who was accompanied by Sir Robert Horne and Mr. Boner Law. On behalf of the railway- men and the transport workers, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Gosling urged that the miners had proved their case for a further increase of wages. Mr. Thomas made a half-hearted attempt to explain why the miners could not go to an 'industrial court, though the railwaymen and transport workers did. The Prime Minister in 'his reply showed that the miners had received, aince the Coal Commission reported, more than enough, in increased wages, to cover the higher cost of living. The average railway- man since the Armistice bad received 47s. lid. a week extra, while the average miner, who was better off, had-received 5lio'fid. The miners, who disputed his -figures, should refer them to an Impartial tribunal. The Government, as employers, could not be absolutely unbiased.
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