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IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. _n_ PROBABLE DECISION OF THE MASTERS TO-DAY. MERTHYR, Thursday NIGHT. As time rolls on the feeling of the public and of the majority of the men in this district against the decision of the delegate meeting at Mountain Ash becomes more intense and resolute, and the resolve of the masters at the meeting at Cardifi to-morrow is looked forward to with grave concern and disquietude. It is -aid that the olive branch which the masters held out to the men has been insultingly strack down by paid agents and by men at work, who really ought not to have been allowed a voica in the matter; and it is feared that the masters, defied as they are by these delegates, and seeing all chances of a compromise impossible, will now insist upon further l eductions in wages before opening their pits, and will take other ulterior measures which they have abstained from taking hitherto. I am in possession of sortie information as to the probable action of the masters at their meeting to- morrow which I belisve to be authentic and reliable, as I have received is from a generally well-informed authority. My informant states, and the rumour, as I learn, is <jnistlv whispered in other accre- dited circles, tnaf those of the masters who were partially inclined to suggest arbitration in fature dis- putes if the men had gone in upon the ten per cent. rodndtion will now, in view of the new complications of the dispute and tho defiant attitudo of the delegates at the Mountain Ah meeting, refuse to entertain the question at all, and will join heartily with tbeir brother employers in fighting the battle to the bitter end." « This, your readers will remember, was Mr Halliiay's wish, and he is now likely to have that wish gi-atified- even if that bitter end should extend to one month or twelve months. It is a terrible thing for destitute men and their suffering wives and children, but the delegates have declared for a ruinous war, and that ruin will, I fear, be utter and overwhelming. I am informed, moreover, that all the new works which are being proceeded with at the various Asso- ciated collieries will be t once stopped, and the men- a large jicffiber—now in work will be instantly dis- missed. This, I regret to say, will have tho effect oi ) throrilns a considerable number of additional families, men, women, and children, upon purieh support. Most cortaiuly tho quoaiion of a farther re- ducticn iu wtigoa will bo discussed to-day, and it ia more than probable that the question of a differencial reduction will be favourably entertained. The bituminous co'il proprietors allege that they are qnable to carry on their pits so as to make them pay without a very considerable rednction in wages, and 30 per cent., and even more, has been mentioned. My in- formant is inclined to bolieve that a proposal will be mado'to-day for 15 PC); cent. reduction in the steam coal collieries, and 25 per cent in the bituminous col- lieries-, and that this will ba favourably entertained, if not decided upon. ) There remains only tho question of the miners' cot- tagea to be considered. I may state that a considerable Humber of the men who went out on strike occupy bouse* belougiag to the Associated Masters, but have not paid any rent since December. Many of these men went to work at once in the non-associated col- lieries, but although occupying the cottages of those against whom they are continually hurling defiance they have not thought it their duty to pay their rents. I have. reason to believe that a resolution will be adopted to-morrow, to take stringent measures to obtain the rent or the cottages. These measures, however, will only be tftkon against the men now at work, but the tenants out ot employ will not be pressed in any way. The Btraggta i' thus becoming more bitter and intensified, and the defiance 0f the delegates at tho Mountain Ash meeting will be met, I fear, by equally stern resolves at the masterr.' meeting to-morrow. Tbsje is not, I believe, the shadow of a pretence for insindating, as your Tory contemporary has stated, that the masters are -disunited nnon any question of principle or PoIfcy. As I am informed they are thoroughly at Oile and nnited in the stringent action which will be taken to-morrow. The defiant temper I of the debates 011 Tuesday has collvillcca them I that concilia don and compromise aro at present itn- possible, and as the delegatesjbav8 declared ior war, the masters, as I am tola, are not likely to disappoint them- The temola If-II(is that dppend Upaa a pro- longation fenifni struggle are panful and sad beyorfd. description, an<j every feeling heart must sorely beWBiI the sui^mgs *bich «0 many tens of thousands t*fll have to endUre. The dulcg;lkl meeting by reie^tiug compromise and tbe branch are ai0ne for taw adduio^ cakmity. Lh„C, ™ v ,AB;ERDAKE, THURSDAY. L teid ItCthl r Tr He™y Thomas, of Aber- X obSt of the ^,h ™er^ce HaU this evening. ^hiS ri^ut ^t? ? '7,Was enable Mi- Thomas to ^cnlated respecting hil £ :lUm statements that had been and invited a fair recePtion'f'^1 the of meetin« had a IW which was afterward .audience. Be expressed a fear' who desired 5? .3stifled, that there were of a brief, hu\° "«*rruPt the proceedings. v which had speech, he repeated m nf the'meu of South Yv']80 much displeasure, that r? in. S> nse i" which ^"understood arbitra- strong too, Va* aske;1 He also SSST* 'VSiy x Vat .dr arbitration was justifisd hy the^' lay, m which ia Wales, through the arbitration c £ ^efd°nt afforded fin. in August- 1872. Thomas fr„ Cory, Yeo,. & with the matter, having tne time"! familiauty eerncd, disproved M<' Halhday g arg^m c'm" Matter, andS'jU u»l«? the mPU ^|uts on that some way or 0,}!„v t0 abide by tne deciai be'bound in after a mutUal" frreiice to arbitration amvea at Sead for itl6 We repeated his ldle t" the »cn of SouthWab'^ miskx.k the meani^ ^tl,°"that tio» a8.f Plained by Messrs Halhday and C0f 1e said, i"tNf :l(.r what followed th« „et f-nem, ^ignst,1872, an!i unless men honourably agree?'a^d different to t^]o rsB pursued on tfcat occasion was wasting gk for arbitration. Mr l'ho^ I efc»tem £ nt uf^ tUi notorious matter was cot once a 1 «ftWenin;. »r?« «*» «r I "JSiv. ir,tr sfatemeats, wbleu n«mM as mpotsn? replv fc?aiiection vnth tue Amalgamaved L LisrJ0 the br.se ;aid groundless assertions Sealed to^mtliat"rs busi!y circulated, Mr Thomas JPE>oe forv^^y his old l'W!/OT who were present r, had not d, d a:id Prove a si!1Sle lui;tMlce w iereho f tb»i cbal!1^ bin duty faithfully; but none responded niiare'ntly As to one; recent account, whbh had Stijoflias i,aid their displeasure towards him, Mr Inction he with reference to tbe ten per cent, re- ^essity, fov alone in admitting its iunties and had lono since doeis done so, and the Western Mail present condiand racomm^n'led the men in the gj, meeting at Li?1 markets to accept it. Following M9il recomqisn^i^^eHy there was a leading article in the reaction. ;;< a- men to go in on the ten per cent W(* not on<e-!«>j>tb had statfd himself that there why 'Hj this, f0 colliers in the Union. If so, this .ii*tfrE discuss peaksr s wpninonts were wnvjily {(- aUh^si it was apparent at ai i I early stage of tho proceedings that the opposition element prevailed in a strong degree. Three or four speakers followed in Welsh and Eng- lish in opposition to Mr Thomas, and eventually some notorious Unionists got up a disagreeable interruption, in the course of which the proceedings abruptly concluded upon a proposition taat all should return home.

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