The intervention of the Bishop of Durham (Dr. Westcott) in
the Durham miners' strike has proved successful. He pre- sided over a conference between the Miners' Federation Board and the Coalowners' Wages Committee at Bishop Auckland on Wednesday, and the result was that the coal. owners agreed to lower their reduction of wages by only 10 per cent., instead of 13i per cent., for which latterly they had conditioned, while the men accepted the 10 per cent. reduc- tion. The Bishop was loudly cheered by the miners, who had assembled in large numbers in the streets of Bishop Auckland; and he has every reason to congratulate himself on the results of his intervention. The only fear is that the Midland coal- owners will now insist on their men accepting the same reduc- tion of wages, and that if they do, there will be a new and great strike in the Midland district, where the men are said to be firmly resolved against such a reduction.
