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SEA PIT IkIN?RS.
A speoial meeting of the Seaon Fit Mineros
was hold in the Morewether Hotel on Thures
day evening. Isr, II. Oxley presided.
'The dologate'(Hr. A. Curry) gaveo a report
of the conference held in 'ewoabtle that day
between the propreitors and tho minors;. Bo
said that it wae expeotod that more of the
proprietors would have been present in roi
apone to the Circular .iseued. by the minorld
The propriatore there expressed their opinion
on the position of the distriot. .
The dologate board minutes ~woro then
dealt with.
"That a sib?oommitteobe appointed along
with the dcierlot oftieoors to confer with the
propriotors if nocotssairy."
A speaker said he thought this ooinmittoo
was a faree. When the proprlotorsa would
not meetin conforence he could not sco that
they would medt a oommitteeo; .
Another speaker said the proprietors would
not meet the mincrs under a thlreat. When
they gave in their notice the commiltoe would
become useless,
The mienuto on being put to the meeting
was rejected, very few members voting.
"'Ihat the Grota seoretary be paid the
samo as'the dlsoharged men at the Oo.opora,
tive Colliery." The delegate explained the
case, anld said that the man was' sent for out
of the mine and told by the manager tint he
had violated the o:,lllery rules in forming an
nasoolation, and was disoharged, The minute
wa~s rejected.
The chairman said they had arrived at tihat
stage whbn it would.be necessary to have a
motion to hand 'in their notice. The del,,
gate had' informed them of the oollierlo
where o.nofioces were golng in on the Oth in.
stant. He trusted, in dcolding: this im.
portant quteefloni, that every one would .got a'
fair hearing, no matter which side ho was
on.
It'was moved and sooonaede, "That the
notloes be not sotinu."
A ep?ealor referred to the anotlon of oertaln
proprietors a few years ago, when the com.
potition set in It was reported that ono of
iho proprietoreloaded thd Southern Cross at
O O per ton, and Dudley sent their coal to rant.
Ieot at any prlee, till it weeas run out of a
place. The Great Northern beocmo one of
tho defunct collierefoo, but now it was nalled
the Pdoilflo and worled on the Go.operative
prnolplo. It was very unlikely they would
stop wrklr, and the Southern distriot not
coa?ndug out he failed to see that they could
;ain the advance demanded when so many
little collierles were worhlig. They would
have to go bakl after a few weeks and be told
by tho- distriet ciloers "to moiro the best
terms possible," as hadboan the oeae befo'c.
'Phe manon who said before the Prdmier ct the
conforoeneoo of proprietors that if coal 'widro
advancoed' ta 8st per ton thtro would be
nothiog for theo mloersa wna: not the
uoiner' frlodied, Oumpetilton had beeoon
the meaus of lorga eollilerisawerlnug short
timo. The..Son Pt had an avoerage ofl
ls days per fortnlgiht, and he belieoved Ithe
Globe collierices.had leFs; buh now whoen the
propriletors who introduced the ocmpalcicon
were beoaten, they wantetd the support of the
nmiers. Ho recommended that all the men
stop, or that there sAould be no stoppago.at
ail
Another spenaker tmid thlet th oa o Pit ooen
wore faast in a hole. One oculd hear it saeid
everywhore that the fles Pit miinrs were not:
eroming out, on nacoount of the motleiy they
were mnoing. Ttoy bad delided by ballot
to join tho nssootnltiotn, nnd the diatriat had
resolved to put in the notioe by a lanrgo
mnajority. It they ware not going to put in
their notieoos with the other collieries theyl
should be manly in thei anstiones, and inform
the dlitriot oat the ame. If they went to
wollr with the othor collierieas idle, how wero
they going to ot homo ? To lookl at the sorious
ride of the nae, if thny did etop they would
stand the hanca of. thoeir plaeon boing tcaken
by otlher men, They did what was right int
joining the asnoolittlon, and theoy should stand
or fal with the diastriot,
Another spoalker smtid that a lot lad boon
said of the inconseitnony of the eots Plt
minors, But a few monthn back the cry was
raised that the day was not far diotant when
anothbor reduction would ba upon them, ted
it wae on those grounds titthel mtjorllty had
voted to join the essoaition. Wheton, Ihow
over, Mr. rogeaont'n leotter informing theete
that he would not redunce the hLowing rate till
tihe nld of 1807, and also that he would ngren
to a soulltg prico of 8s per ton, loess the Lb2
per cout, ha (the speakee) filed tlo se wheore
aLy could say that they were itoonaisetont.
Other seyakers followed in a similar
strain.t
It was coved and eoeonacdl "That the
voleo Iupon the motion be taken on Sttuirdtay
mcorleeg at 5 4ii "
A memberasid he did not belelove in mleet.
iog at the mouth of the tuonel. They had
seen quaite suffloient of snuch meetings, and
ocly tbhis week the Boreholo mine had been
ehut'do?wn because the miners h.ld a meetidg
and.deoidedl not to work.
'Ihe motion bn being put was rejected.
Sit .?s moved atrd seconded, "That weo
meet on Saturday eoveuing in tbie room at Ii
o'oloolr.',-Oaaried.
ThO meeting then olosed.
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