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Open for Work." The following notice in bold type has been freely distributed and placarded in the district: NOTICE. In view of the fact that a large majority of both the CAMBRIAN AND GLAMORGAN WORK- MEN are anxious to continue work, these Col- lieries will be OPEN FOR WORK as usual.

FOR SALE, It TAXI-CABS, Three Humber, form open or JL closed, ready for work; also 50 Carriages and Hearses. Catalogues, Marston's 24, Bradford Street, Birmingham. 189/65 TO LET. TO Lot, two unfurnished rooms, suitable for young couple. Bryn Cottage, Cemetery Road, Trealaw. TO Let, two furnished rooms suitable for young n.eu or young ladies healthy position Cemetery Road, Trealaw. Apply, Box 259, "Rhondda Leader" Office, Tony- pandy. x65 EOOMS TO LET at Ystiad, suitable for offices. Excellently situated. Apply Freedman Bros. Tonypandy, 388 EDUCATIONAL. OLSTON'S SCti Stapleton, Bristol. C Staff of Eleven Masters, including Eight Graduates. Healthy situation. Spacious Gardens and Playing Fields. Chemical and Physical Laboratories, Carpenter's Shop, Swimming Bath, Miniature Itifle Range, f5000 now being spent on additional buildings. Tuition, Board, Books, Stationery & Clothing, £ 37 per annum. But for the endowment the cost to parents would be £56.-lfor Illustrated Prospectus apply to ANTHONY FINN, M.A., LL.D., Head Master. 383 MINES' inspectorate, &c., Colliery Managers' Exam's.—Postal lessons. Mining, surveying, electricity, mining mathe- matics.—Write for Syllabuses, "Cambrian Mining School," Porth. 190/66 MUSICAL. ~pHE name WADDINGTON on a Pianoforte is the finest guarantee of value and durability it is possible to obtain. 30,000 users of the Waddington Piano can endorse this. Send to-day for our complete list of instruments. Terms to suit customers' convenience.— Waddington & Sons, Ltd., Post Office Buildings, Forth, and 29-31, Oity.road, Cardiff. "13 ELL Organ slightly used but as good as new very J-* fine tone handsome appearance; pipe top accept 22 guineas, payable 10s 6d per month cost SO guineas bargain.—Waddington & bona, 29 & 31, City-rd., Cardiff. 24 Guineas, 10s 6d Monthly.—A genuine 36-guinea Piano had careful usage and re-polished like new delivered free any distance; sure to give great satis- faction.—Waddington and Sons, 29 and 31, City-road, Cardiff. 80-guinea Ritmuller J'jaoo for Sale, in fine condition accept £ 36 prompt cash. This instrument is the only piano possessing a double sound board, and its beautiful tone will appeal to all lovers of good music.— Waddington and Sons, 29 and 31, City-road, Cardiff. WADDllNGTON and Sons, 2 doors from Post Office, Porth, Rhondda, have for Sale good Piano, suitable for learner; accept li guineas, pavable 8s. trontbly. Also a S6 guinea Piano, slightly used take 26 guineas, lis 6d monthly. Send for list of Second-hand Pianos and Organs, satisfaction guaranteed, to Waddington & Sons, Ltd., Post Office Buildings, Porth, Rhondda. Est. 183S. 04 AL.EX, M. THOMAS (AP TYDFIL), Professor of the Violin, Diplonfee Leipzig Conservatoire, Oermany Pupi of Hans Sitt, Arno Hilf, and Senor Arbos, London) Has a few Vacancies for Pupils. Recent Examination Successes.— 2 Licentiates, College of Violinists. 5 Associates (with honours) do. 2 Seniors, Trinity College, London. 8 Graduates, College of Violinists. For terms apply, "Cartrefle," Maindy Croft, I Ton, Pentre. 33 CHURCH AND CHAPEL ORGANS BUILT ON THE LATEST SYSTEMS. Tracker, Pneumatic, and Electro-Pneumatic, with per' ect rPDetition, answering all requirements of the mos fastidious players. Detached Keyboards a Speciality. TUNING, REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, e c., etc. Wm. H. HARMSTON, Organ Builder Nat. Tel. 91. PONTYPRIDD. 2141 MISCELLANEOUS "DUZEAL" cures cuts, bruises and all U external skin complaints. Large box, P.O. 7d. T. W. Houghton., Speakman Road, St. Helens. 192/67 IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS. Every Mother who values the health and cleanliness of her child should use HARRISON'S "Reliable" NURSERY POMADE. One application kills all Nits and Vermin, beautifies and strengthens the Hair. In tins 4Jd. and 9d., postage Id. George W. Harrison, Chemist, Reading. Sold by Chemists. Agents, Emrys Richards Chemist, Coedymeibion, Tonypandy; D. E. Davies, Chemist, Treorchy W. R. Williams, Chemist. Medical Hall, Tylorstown; J. P Lewis Chemist, Medical Hall, Ynyshir. cS/1 WALLPAPERS from ljd. per roll. Any tt quantity, large or small. Wholesale Prices. Stock exceeds 250,000 rolls-all classes. Write for patterns, stating class required. (Dept. 108.) Barnett Wallpaper Co. Ltd., Knott Mill, Manchester. c252/83 URSE WILLIAMS' OVALOIDS for Ladies. Price 2/9 3/9 & 10/9 per Box post free, Send stamp for descriptive leaflet. -New Life Remedy (ft 59, Bute St., Treherbert. OAFEST, cheapest and best to gain health and strength are Culpeper's O.K. Remedial Herbs, specially pre- pared for stomach and kidney troubles. Three 6d. packets, for Is.—Pedr Williams, Herbalist, Treorchy. Agents wanted. 5021 MONEY. rpHE OLD-ESTABLISHED PROVINCIAL UNION -*■ BANE continues to lend immense sums daily, from £10 to k;5,000, on Note of Hand Alone, or other Security, at a few hours' notice, to all classes in any part of England and Wales, repayable by easy instalments. No good application is ever refused. All communications strictly private. Moderate Interest. Special rates for short periods. The largest, best known, and most honourably conducted Business in the Kingdom. Thousands of our regular customers have expressed their entire satisfaction in repeated transactions with us. If desired, one of our Officials will attend at your residence "once with Cash, and carry out the advance THERE AND.TBEN. Call, or write (in confidence), to the MANAGER, Mit. STANLEY DOWDING, t, QUBBN SquARit, BRISTOL. R. WM. LLOYD makes IMMEDIATE ADVANCES in sums of £ 10 to £ 10,000 to those in temporary need of cash. No security or bondsmen required. Note of hand only. Repayments monthly or quarterly. Gentlemen engaged in professions, or in business, or holding positions of trust, can rely upon strictest confidence being observed. Every transaction carefully explained before completion. Courtesy, tact, and honourable treatment assured. Cash sent by post if urgent.-Apply, William Lloyd, 4, Church Street, Cardiff. Nat. Tel.,120. 187 MONEY ON MORTGAGE! Several sums ranging from £ 100 to £ 1,500 to be advanced upon House Property. For particulars as to Interest and Repayments apply in first instance—Box 389, "Rhondda Leader" Office, Tonypandy. HOLIDAY APARTMENTS. LLANDRINDOD WELLS.—Evans, JLj Cobden Villa, Victoria Rd., 3 minutes from Springs. Comfortable apartments, bed, attendance, bath, piano, 14/ two 7/- each, no extra. INVENTIONS. HUGO Lester, Patent Expert, Inventors' _n Supply Depot, 9, Park Place, Cardiff, does all business in patents for inventors in South Wales. Call or write. 185 VENETIAN JgLINDS MADE TO QRDER. +'+ Old Blinda Re-Painted Equal to New Jgl RAN KLIN, -yy INDOW jgLIND WORKS, OXFORD LAKE, CITY ROAD, CARDIFF. Ordere may be left at Messrs. Joints & Co., Drapers, be., Church Street, Pontypridd. 41g E. DAVIES, I Auctioneer, Accountant, House and Estate Agent, MAESYRHAF, TYLORSTOWN. Nat. Tel. No. 14 Ferndale. Propei ties Negotiated. Mortgages Arranged. Valuations made. Rents Collected. Distance no object. 358 Workmen's Hall, Abercynon. The Fifth Annual EISTEDDFOD (under the auspices of Moriah English Baptist Church), will be held ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 1910. Adjudicators-Music, T. Hadley Watkins, Esq., F.T.S.C., Bournemouth, and J. R. Lewis E"'I (Alaw Rhondda) Ferndale. Recitations, Rev. W. R. Jones, Penrhiwceibr. wMale Voice-" Martvrs of the Arena," prize P,12 and a Silver Cup. Mixed Choir—Congregational Tune Bud. dersfield," prize £5 and a Silver Mounted Baton. Juvenile Ohoir-" I am the Way" (Sankey, 585), 1st prize a and a Silver Mounted Baton 2nd prize £1 Splendid prizes given for Recitations, Tenor, Bass, Soprano. Boys and Girls Solos, Pianoforte Solos, &c. Programmes Id. each (by post ljd.), from the Secre tary,-Richard Davies, 20, Glancynon-terrace, Aber" cynon 262" EMPIRE RESTAURANT, Family and Commercial Hotel, Dunraven Street, TONYPANDY, NOW OPEN DINNERS DAILY 12.30 to 2.30 r m. TEA AND SUPPERS ALWAYS READY Well Aired Beds. CHARGES STRICTLY MODERATE. H. A. BOLTON, Proprietor. 36 Auction Sales. Dissolution of Partnership—THOMAS AND MORGAN. IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE LEASEHOLD SHOP AND DWELLING- HOUSE. MR. T. NAUNTON MORGAN has re- ceived instructions to offer for by Public Auction, at the YNYSHIR HOTEL, Ynyshir, on WEDNESDAY, September 14th, 1910, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening (subject to such Conditions as shall be there and then produced), the following Valuable Leasehold Shop and Dwelling- House Situate and known as Nos. 41 and 41a, YNYSHIR ROAD, YNYSHIR. The Shop, No. 41a, is now in the occu- pation of the Vendors, carrying on the business of Fish and Chip Salesmen, at an estimated rental of £ 30 per annum. The House over the Shop is let at a rental of 16s. per lunar month. The Dwelling-house, No. 41, is let to Mr. Conniff, Hairdresser, at a rental of 30s. per lunar month. The whole of the Property is held for a term of 99 years from the 21st day of April, 1882, at the low Annual Ground Rent of L3 Os. 8d. The Auctioneer begs to call special attention to this Sale, the Property being well built, situate in the centre of Ynyshir, and has a frontage of over 40 feet to the main road, and a depth of about 100 feet. Further particulars may be obtained from D. W. JAMES, Esq., B.A., LL.B., Solicitor, Tonypandy; Or from the Auctioneer at his Offices: 55, Dunraven Street, Tonypandy, and "Hillside," Penygraig. P.O. Telephones, 39 and 39x. 411 Be GWENLLIAN BEES. DECEASED. Preliminary Announcement. WILLIAMSTOWN, EDMUNDSTOWN, AND DINAS. MR. T. NAUNTON MORGAN will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION on TUES- DAY Evening, Sept. 20th, 1910, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, at the White Rock Hotel, Eight Leasehold Dwelling Houses, known as Nos. 1 to 'S, Railway View, Williamstown. Four houses at Edmunds- town, known as Nos. 50, 51, 52 and 53, Edmnndstown Road. Three houses at Dinas, known as 29, 30 and 31, Dinas Road, Dinas. Re EDMUND REES, DECEASED. Four houses at Williomstown, known as Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6, Greenmeadow Terrace, Williamstown. By OTHER DIRECTIONS. Properties at Caroline Street, Williams- town Cross Row, Penygiaig; Penrhiwfer Road, Penrhiwfer Edmundstown Road, Edmundstown, and Ford Row, Dinas. Further particulars will appear in future advertisements, and orders to view the resi- dences, may be obtained from D. W. James, Esq., B.A., LL.B., Solicitor, Tonypandy; or from the Auctioneer, at his Offices, 55, Dun- raven Street, Tonypandy, and Hillside, Pen- ygraig. P.O. Telephones 39 and 39x, Tonypandy. 415 Preliminary Announcement. TO ANDY AND TREALAW, RHONDDA VALLEY. Highly Important and Attractive Sale of Two Leasehold Villa Residences, and 3,000 4 per cent. Debenture (1st Mortgage) Stock in Crosswell's Cardiff Brewery, Limited. MR. T. NAUNTON MORGAN will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION at the Dunraven Hotel, Tonypandy, on WEDNES- DAY EVENING, Sept. 21st, 1910, at 7.30 o'clock, Two very Valuable Villa Resi- dences and Debenture Shares, viz.: Be GWENLLIAN REES, DECEASED. All that very Valuable Villa Residence known as Glamorgan Villa,Lower Tonypandy. BY ORDER OF THE OWNER. All that very Valuable Villa Residence known as Chestnut House, Cemetery Road, Trealaw. Further particulars will appear in future advertisements, and orders to view the resi- denes may be obtained from D. W. James, Esq., B.A., LL.B., Solicitor, Tonypandy, or from the Auctioneer at his Offices, 55, Dun- raven Street, Tonypandy, and Hillside, Penygraig. P.O. Telephones 39 & 39x. 414 £1 fir izA gas. i í ï f: d. Most Money Lent. I BEST PRICES GIVEN on any article of I value, at lowest interest in the district. Note our only Address- I H. C.4RDASH, Jeweller, Pawnbroker & Clothier, 37, Dunraven Street, TONYPANDY (Opposite Library). I Safes for Storage of Valuables. Special contracts strictly confidential. Great Redemption of Pledges weekly. All sold below cost. 5054 London Metropolitan Police. SEVERAL Hundred Recruits Wanted.— Age, 20-27, Height, 5ft. 9ins. Pay, 968 to zC420 per anniiin. Excellent prospects of promotion. Liberal pensions. Examina- tions will be held at Gloucester, Sept. 12th, 13th and 14th and at Bristol on Sept. 15th, 16th and 17th. For particulars, write 1\ Recruiting Branch, New Scotland Yard, London, S.W. 409 JJUTIES ON IT AND VALUES. (Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910.) Persons desirous of assistance in filling up Land Tax forms should apply to E. T. Davies & Co., Licensed Valuers, Victoria Chambers (next door to Post Office), Pentre. 426 MARRIAGE. WILLIAMS—HOPKINS, at Salem, Baptist Chapel, Barry Dock, on Sept. 5th, by the Rev. Owen Jones, Pastor. Hopkin Williams, Undertaker, Trealaw, to Mary Hopkins, of 53, George Street, Barry Dock. 416 Trech Gwlad nag ArQtwydd.' EXCELSIOR BUILDINGS. DE WINTON STREET, TONYPANDY Telephone No. 77 P.O. Tonypandy.

EDITORIAL NOTES. -+--+- The question of the Osborne judgment will be raised at the Trades Union Con- gress which will he held at Sheffield next week. In the House of Lords tribunal the issues raised did not receive the un- animous support of the members. Lord Halsbury's judgment was very sweeping, ,and, if strictly interpreted, would pre- vent Trade Unions from applying any of their funds to any object not included in the three purposes specifically mentioned in the Trade Union Act, and which are, broadly speaking, trade and benefit ques- tions. If Lord Halsbury's judgment were the last word, the Unions would be deterred actually from all political propa- ganda even. This is intolerable; as even political action of interviewing kinds might conceivably be allowed by the Courts as constructive politics. Lord Macnaghten's judgment and Lord Atkin- son were much in the same spirit, and supported the drawing of a hard-and-fast line between trade purposes which are legitimate and political purposes which are not, by the Osborne judgment, to be recognised as legitimate. But the scope of modern legislation, happily social as it is, makes it an impossibility to draw a rigid line between the trade policy of an organisation and the general policy of the country. The relations of Capital and Labour, do what you will, cannot be dis- entangled from politics, and Labour organisations cannot be expected to sub- mit to a rule which would prevent them from promoting the interests of their members by political action. This point. clearly demonstrates the need of a careful revision which would place the normal action of Trades Unions on politics beyond the reach of the Osborne judgment. -+--+- The Tariff Reform Press is having a very bad time of it just now. They are pulling against the stream of actual facts with perspiring excitement. All through the summer the evidence has been accumulating from all parts of the world that the mass of the people in Protec- tionist countries are suffering exactly what the Free Traders allege they must suffer if they let the tariff-makers loose upon their food supplies and necessities of life. The contention that duties do not raise prices begins to look silly elec- tioneering side by side with the protests of the people who see d feel the effects of Protection in their daily lives. The idea that the Empire will be smashed up, if we do not forsake Free Trade in the interest of our Colonies, is no longer reasonable sense to the man in the street when he learns that the Canadian farmer does not thank his Government for tax- ing the food of the masses for his benefit, but quite the opposite, Canadian farmers really want these social favours removed, so that they may be relieved from the heavy duties inseparably connected with any and every system of tariffs. Indeed, if we want to keep the Empire together, the safer plan is to stick to Free Trade so that every possible danger of tariff with our own kith and kin may be avoided. The people in the Colonies are quarrelling amongst each other over tariffs, and the best plan for the Old Country is not to be mixed up in their fiscal controversies. The state of affairs in Canada is a case in point. In Ger- many, America, Austria, and other coun- tries, the war against tariffs on the part of the people is uncompromising. If, therefore, in the Dominion of Canada the controversy is at fever heat, and if we intervene, the meddling tactics of the ta.riff workers in this country will cer- tainly become a disintegrating agency. If the people are quarrelling with the interests, then the policy for this country is "keep out of the ring." In America we have it through the report of a Com- mission that the result of a, developed tariff system is fortunes to the rich and much suffering for the many." We have plenty of suffering here already, but in our industrial differences we have the im- portant advantage that the jheans of living is cheaper for the masses if and when they are engaged in any struggles with the that sway for better con- ditions of life.

2,000 Men Strike Work. Sunday's Mass Meeting. U Ruled by Rod of Iron." Shadows of industrial struggles once more threaten the commercial serenity of the Rhondda Valley, and particularly that of Mid-Rhondda. Since going to Press last week serious developments have taken place in con- nection with the Ely Pit, Penygraig, a resolution being carried at a meeting of the men held on Sunday that the whole of the men engaged at the Nantgwyn and Pandy Pits should strike work on the following day. In accordance with this resolution, the whole of the workmen employed at the Naval Collieries, numbering 2,000, struck work on Monday evening. At Sunday's meeting, it was moreover resolved, in effect, to make representa- tions to the joint lodge with a view to getting the workmen at the Glamorgan and Clydach Vale Collieries to take a isimilar step so as to bring about a stop- page of the whole of the men-over 8,000 in number—employed under the Cam- brian Combine. A meeting of the Joint Committee of the Cambrian Combine lodges was held on Monday evening to discuss the posi- tion which has arisen over the dispute at the Ely Pit. The committee, after deliberating in private, decided to ask Mr. Leonard Llewelyn, the general manager of the Combine, to receive a deputation from the Joint Committee to continue negotiations with reference to the Ely Pit men. It was understood that both the Cam- brian and Llwynypia lodges should decide for themselves as to what action they should take in connection with the dis- te.

Sunday's Meeting of Naval Men. Mr. Noah Morgan, checkweigher, pre- sided over a large attendance of the work- men employed at the Naval Collieries, Penygraig, on Sunday. The Chairman said that in this case the men, were not the aggressors, for they had during the past 18 months been fighting on the defensive. The men main- tained that the seam in dispute was the Bute seam,, but the management con- tended that it was the Five-foot seam. Fortunately, there were among them men who knew the geological conditions as well as Mr. Llewelyn, the general mana- ger, and although they had met the management in a, peaceable way, all efforts to fix a price list had failed. The Chairman said it was impossible for the men to earn a decent living for them- selves and families on the price list offered them by the management. Per- haps the day would come when they would have to submit to signing such a price list, but he for one would never do so (loud applause). This was a question for the Naval workmen to-day, but the men at Llwynypia, and sooner or later the Cambrian men, would feel the pinch. Mr. D. A. Thomas had said he had done everything he could to try and keep peace in the South Wales coalfield. The Chairman replied that he did not know what Mr. Thomas had done in Cardiff, but they all knew what Mr. Leonard Llewelyn was doing at the Naval Col- lieries. The officials of his lodge were being continually pestered by men with grievances-. If the management of the Combine had confined the quarrel at the Ely Pit to the 70 men working on the Bute seam, the other men would not have so much to say, but the Combine had ruled them with a rod of iron, and had taken their vengeance by punishing 880 men who were now idle in consequence of the expiration of the notices given by the company, although these men were in no way implicated in the dispute. The time had now come, instead of referring their grievances to the Conciliation Board, when they should take drastic measures and kick over the traces. When the men went to ask for work at the other col- lieries they were met with a blank refusal (Shame). There must, said the Chairman, be a great reform in the coalfield in order to bring pressure to bear on the Ooalowners' Association, who should be taught that they could not drive the men like slaves, and throw them aside at pleasure.

Thrust Into Struggle. Mr. T. Smith, one of the district officials, said the men had been thrust into this struggle, and he maintained that it was the duty of the men em- ployed at the other pits to stand side by side with the Ely men, and help to share their burdens. If all the men at these collieries stood in one solid phalanx he had no doubt as to the final issue (cheers). He recognised the seriousness of doing something which was illegal, and this was one strong objection raised against the drastic measures which the workmen pro- posed to take at the present moment, but the law, strong and mighty though it wals, as interpreted and enforced by its administrators was not always just. Last month 13 cases in connection with men who had been injured were taken to court, and compensation was granted to only one out of that number. They talked about a thing being lawful, but the most unjust thing in our country to-day was the law, and it was because the law was hot just to certain sections that they saw men time after tme defying the law (hear, hear). The passive resister was a man who defied the law, and he urged that the men in this instance should follow the example set by the passive resister (applause). When the law came between them and their bread and cheese, surely the men were strong enough to defy it (cheers). The Combine had con- centrated their efforts at the Ely Pit under the impression that if they won there they would win at the other col- lieries when this seam was opened up. He appealed to the men at the other collieries, no matter what the conse- quences might be, to stand by their com- rades in this struggle (applause). There had been ample time for a settlement, and the responsibility for the present fight must lie with the management of the Combine. Mr. James Griffiths also spoke. The Chairman said Mr. D. A. Thomas had stated he was tired of these local bothers. So were the officials, who were sick and tired of being pestered by men with grievances. The time had come when they must be up in arms ready to fight, whatever the consequences. Mr. Mark Harcombe, vice-chairman of the lodge, said Mr. D. A. Thomas had stated he had been fighting their battles in the past. Mr. Harcombe said he won- dered if that was the reason why the men were now so badly off (laughter). They had been toeing the mark and listening to these men too long (cheers). A chance was now given them of making a straight hit (applause). The price offered by the management for working the seam in dis- pute was simply, ridiculous; Is. 9d. per ton had been offered, but he questioned if 2s. 6d. per ton was enough.

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The Chairman said it was intended to interview various religious bodies in the neighbourhood and in public places ex- hibiting diagrams of the seam, with a view to convincing the public of the hard- ship the Combine were trying to force upon the men. Mr. J. Reas, another lodge official, said they must do away with orthodox methods. If the whole of the men in the Cambrian Combine stood shoulder to shoulder and laid down tools together, they were bound to win (applause). A workman from the Nantgwyn Pit said the men there were ready to down tools to-morrow (loud applause).

Down Tools." Mr. David Evans then moved a reso- lution that the men at the Nantgwyn and Pandy Pits down tools Monday morning, and that a deputation be ap- pointed to wait upon the Combine Lodge Committee to ask what course they would take. A workman from the Pandy Pit seconded. This was put to the meeting and car- ried unanimously amid loud cheering. Mr. John Hopla (chairman of the Llwynypia. Lodge) said he believed the Glamorgan Colliery workmen at Llwyny- pia would readily join in the fight. If the management were going to stop 800 men because of 80, then the men them- selves would bring about a stoppage of 8,000. He believed that the Llwynypia men would be with them in this battle (applause). Mr. John, of the Glamorgan Colliery Lodge, expressed himself in similar terms, and said he believed in solid action.

Tired of Bickering." Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., chairman of the Cambrian Combine, was interviewed on Saturday, prior to his departure for a holiday at Paris, with reference to the Penygraig dispute. He said that as the Cambrian men had taken things into their own hands, he was off. for a holi- day. He was tired of all this bickering, and so were the employers generally.

Bringing Horses Out of Pit. An ominous sign in connection with the dispute at Penygraig is that arrange- ments are being made to get all the horses from the affected pits to bank. Some of the horses have already been brought up and taken to the Glamorgan Colliery. Mr. Leonard Llewelyn is at present in Scotland, so that the decision of the joint committee to wait upon him in reference to the dispute has not been carried out. He has, however, been written to, asking for an interview.

Men's Meeting at Trealaw. A large congregation of miners and others attended a meeting convened on the Square in front of the Miskin Hotel on Tuesday evening last to hear the case of the men in "regard to the present trouble at the Ely and Naval Collieries. During the meeting a large diagram was exhibited illustrating two seams of coal- the Cvmmer seam and the. Bute seam. Mr. Tom Smith, in addressing the meeting, said their trouble did not only affect those miners concerned, but it affected husines,si people and the public generally. Their cause was a righteous one, and they were out that night to edu- cate the people so that they might learn what their grievance was. Business people in previous disputes had threat- ened to shut their shops if there was a strike, but now when they knew the truth they were in full syifpathy with the workers. They had organised a band of 100 workers to go round from house to house to educate the people on the ques- tion, so that all might know that what they were fighting for was bread and cheese and a decent living (applause). They had been offered the same price list to work the Bute seam as was paid for working the Cymmer seam, and by the aid of the diagram (which he claimed was drawn from an official drawing) the speaker showed the vast difference that lay between the two seams. They were told the Ely Pit had been closed down because it did not pay, and they had also been promised work in the other pits belonging to the Combine, but when they applied for work at these pits they were refused when it was known they had been working in the Ely Pit (Shame). The Combine meant to starve them into accepting the price list offered, but that, the speaker declared, they wofld never do (hear, hear). Mr. Smith said they were not there as agitators to play upon their emotion, but they sought to obtain their ends by peaceful means (applause). Mr. Mark Harcombe also spoke. He did not intend to cover the same ground as the previous speaker, but minutely ex- plained the difference in the working of the two seams. After speaking at some length, he challenged anyone, official or not, to prove that what he had said was not correct.

Sectional Organisation Ridiculous. The Critics Criticised- Addressing the Pontypridd miners' annual demonstration on Monday, Mr. Ben Davies (miners' agent) urged the need of securing a reversal of the Osborne judgment. The attempt to get a sectional organisation was a ridiculous proposal, and had the men who advocated it been in the pay of the capitalists they could not have rendered them better service. He maintained that if the men would only remain true to themselves the agree- ments of the future would be a great deal better than those of the past. Speaking on the need of ameing the mining laws, the Chairman said coalowners were com- plaining bitterly of the, enormous increase in compensation payments, but these amounts could easily be reduced if greater attention was paid to the safety of the mines (cheers). Everyone seemed to agree that certain reforms were needed in con- nection with their Federation, but the strange part of this agitation was that the critics wanted to reform everybody and everything but themselves (hear, hear). In conclusion, he pointed out the seriousness of having to tender notices on the non-Unionist question. There was a large number of aged men employed in the coalfield, and these were\compelled_ to join hands with their fellows in making the protest. In doing so they ran the risk of being victimised by the employers, who were thus given an opportunity of saying to these men, We do not want your services any longer."

Stoppage May Yet Be Averted. At the meeting of the Rhondda (No. 1) District of Miners held at Porth to-day (Thursday), Mabon suggested that vibe delegates present representing the lodges, of the Cambrian Combine should advise the Joint Committee, which meets to- night, to refrain from getting the men out to-morrow morning, conditionally upon a conference being convened before the end of next week to consider the situation, and this was agreed to. The probabilities, therefore, are that a stop- page will, after all, be averted. Mabon, in the course of his speech, made a strong appeal to the parties affected to withhold their hands, arguing that the policy which had been adopted would not be successful.

Ourselves and the Miners. It has been stated among the miners that a statement of their grievances has been .sent to the" I.eaJer," but that its publication has been suppressed. We wish to state most emphatically that there is not a word of truth in this barge. No statement of any kind has been received by us.-Mitor, R.L."

Ynyshir Men Resume Work Grievance to be Subject to Negotiations. After a stoppage of practically a week, the men who struck work at "the Standard Colliery, Ynyshir, on the ground of alleged victimisation, resolved at a mass meeting held at the Workmen's Hall on Wednesday to resume work in the even- ing. Mr. T. Richards, M.P., the South Wales Miners' Federation general secre- tary, and Mr. Ben Davies, miners' agent, had been appointed by the Executive Council of the South Wales Miners' Fede- ration to deal with the matter. These gentlemen consequently visited Ynyshir on Wednesday morning, and in company with Mr. D. Watts Morgan and Alderman. Morgan Williams and a deputation of workmen, had an interview with the management. The latter, however, could not consent to discuss the matter until the men, who had struck work without notice, resumed work. This intimation was subsequently conveyed to the men, who then agreed to return to work at once, it being understood that the griev ance complained of by the men would again form the subject of negotiations.

Gifts to Treorchy Minister. On Thursday evening, a large gathering of well-wishers and friends assembled at Calfaria (W.W.) Chapel to do tionour 'tD the Rev. Thomas Jones on the occovion of his departure to Machynileth, after three years' efficient service rendered at Calfaria as pastor. Mr. J. D. Edwards, Regent Street (circuit steward) presided-

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