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THE COAL CRISIS
London. July 23.
Ten thousand Monmouthshire
m:ners resumed work this mnornin~g
Ten thousanl Notts miners struck
to-day, and to-night the Nottingham:
streets tte unlighted. A few Dur
hami miners are working. Thirty
thousand men are out in JDerby
shire. On the other hand. a mass
meeting at Burnlcy passed a reso
lution to resume work forthwith.
Paris, July 23.
M. Louchens, Minister of Indus
trial Reconstruction, speaking in
Chambers .to-day, said that Britain
had intimated that her coal diflicul
ti-as necessitated the reduction of
her export from 77 million to 23 mil
lion tons, and she had also aban
doned the arrangement for supply
ing France at present. England
now offered France nine million in
stead of 18,000,000 tons at 135 francs I
per ton. France had unsuccessfully
protested. She had now arranged
to secure coal more cheaply--from 1
America.
London. July 23.
Mr. Lloyd George and other Cab
inet Ministers had a long conference1
to-day with the coal owners.
Soldiers wearing trench helmets
are guarding the pumping stations,
and bluejackets are arriving in
Yorkshire by motor ears. The
winding men have now struck, and
so it - is difficult to lower the men
to the pumps.
The "Star" states that the selling;
price of coal has gone up 10 per
cent. - '
London, July 23.
The pump-men and engine-men on
three mines in South Yorkshire
have decided to resume in order to
avoid damage to the pits. Thou
sands of mining engneers and
others are offering to replace strik
ers and save the mines.
.London, July 23.
The Coal Controller has restrict
ed householders to two hundred
weight each delivery. The railways
have notified the public that it is
necessary considerably to reduce
passenger services, and it may be
implssible to guarantee the bring
ing back holiday makers from sea-;
side resorts.
An "arl-y settlement of the miners'
piece rate claim is hoped for in
some quarters. It is pointed out
that the men's demand for a one
seventh increase had been conceded
by many owners before- the Con
troller awarded 1.1 per cent. Pos
sibly the Controller will allow a.
settlement on the one-seventh basis.
The Labour Triple Alliance to-day
discussed a resolution by Mr. Frank
Hodges, of the Miners' Federation,
for a strike ballot in the event of
the Government's not conceding the'
points cabled on the 0th. .
(The miners are submitting to a
"triple alliance" conference on
Wednesday, said a cablegram on i'.e.
20th; a proposal that ballot of the
different sections he taken, on the
question of direct action in connec
tion with the demand for the with
drawal of cc ascription, the iniamedi
ate raising of the blockade, the with
drawal of troops from Russia, the
release of conscientious objectorn.
and the.prevention of military inter
vention in trades union disputes.
The attitude of the miners is re
garded as the prelude to a fwiht for
the nationalisation of the mines.)
London. July 23.
The alliance finally adopted Mr.
Hodges' resolution by 217 votes to
11.
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