24 FEBRUARY 1912, page 1

A Disagreeable Feature Of The Crisis Is Undoubtedly The...

which exists among large sections both of the miners and the owners that it is better to have the fight at once and get it over. Some of the leaders and come of the men want to......

During The Week There Has Been A Great Deal Of

confused discussion as to the duty of the Government to stop the strike somehow or other, and of suggestion as to how this could be accomplished. For ourselves we agree very......

The Record Of Events During The Week Is As Follows

:—On Tuesday it became plain that there was a deadlock between the representatives of the owners and of the miners. On Wednesday was published an invitation from the Prime......

Next, There Are Undoubtedly A Good Many Men Who Have

a kind of reckless sporting feeling that they have subscribed for years to create strike funds and that they may just as well have a run for their money. They will never get the......

In These Circumstances We Can Hardly Wonder That The Owners

cannot see their way to consent to scales of minimum wage which in effect abolish piecework. On the other hand, the miners seem determined to insist upon a high scale of minimum......

News Of The Week.

A S we write on Friday the menace of the coal strike remains unrelieved. All that can be said with certainty is that negotiations are still going on and that a certain number of......

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