Berkshire Chronicle Reading 09-1920
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T-RE
Frida!,
THEC°fr~n.
TilOugh' there are as ye.t no iign ,
af a settlement Iof the c al tnke,
there are a few qications that afford grounds jor hope that disastrous stoppage of . ode may be
a oided. The riple Alliance Ita ,
not yet declared the f nn and extent of its upPdrt, and the rrade ~
I'lace Uni?n Co I'~s-s ~as ycl to .-meet.
Moreover,
the
large IIll.DOnt }
.
against the str
shoUld ball'e som e
weight in the coun e1s of th ...
miners.
Mode te men ot all
shades of opmi n rcali e what .1
baneful effect
coal s.trike would
have 011 the ind stry of the ou tr y
just at the Itim wht:n it,is I-in ltant that th re should be staf>lhs ion.
The ~ition t
)' I ~
V
Iy diffet:en from that exist ing at the
ast coal strike.
The mindr's I
has greatly' im proved. In 19 3 the total au ut
287,430,
tons, the.o
er
of persons CfDpl yed-was 1,110, I,
and -the an~ra&"f output per perS(1I1
was 2Q.9 tOGS.
In ~ ftr~t 51';
months of l!i2c1 the total ~utpu t
wa
120,2.2,000 tons, and th e'
a\'erilge outpu~ , 101, whilst . tIl!'
nUfQber of perspns employed had
1x=en tncrea ed to 1',191,
IJ1
spite of 70,000 extra per ODS employed (here is diminished output .
Meanwhile the miner's wage ha'
risen from an a erage of 7s. Id. per
da y to 18s. 3d. The mi rJs wa g'has increased iIi far greater propor,
tion than the c~t of1iviDJ. There-·
fore~ the ~orc~n~ o( a cn~is on ,t h..
counfry -at this rmom t 15 partlcll'
larly gratui~ou. Great nemploy·
ment would folio"" upon tlle d eclar.1â¢
bon of a strike 'and the whol COlll mllnity would ' uffer.
Wbi\ t · th.'
authors of the trike are ,protestinj.C
agallls t waf.
tb Russia
arC
wiIltng. O1yttim y grounds, to m~ <'
frightful war
n the peep
(II
thIS cOWltry.
obody; wanted ~w'a r
WIth Russia, a#d nobody -w
in dustrial confli t i n t ' CO otr y.,
The country
practicaDy 11
tn ous in
.
ot the ·thckaw I " f
~ .
4demands, and fo r :l
,""⢠.A t·.. t '" I outcome elf the eli
.
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fo~
J a redoeed
pri_, ~ ia no.. llO 6e1l.. fOl UlT
_rtman jDl' late ⢠t ⢠.tw.
o
...
.
.
.. Notb~ of &II."..-a1
b .... btIejIl aaint4
hI the _T," IlODIl)lain. a IIJ paper. 'f bi.
a1Ul' til the O.B.E; ;. in aboclriJllr ta.at⢠.
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