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I "TIN CAN" MUSIC —— Women and an Official i NOISY PENYGRAIG SCENE I j INSPECTOR STRUCK BY A STONE Bitterly cold weather and falling snow in the Miri-Khondna 11 st night did not interfere "ith the entliusia-sm of the pickets. The biggest crowd collected in the vicinity of fhe I.a,va.1 Colliery, where 5Lr. Frank Llewelyn. brother of Mr, Leonard Llewelyn, is amongst thl-z,,3 at work. MLlewelyn has usually Ifaft fcr his Lionjo on the mountainside beyond l'enygnig. by the IN an t gwy n Pit, hut tie ^Parted by the main entrance last nijfht, eteOlied by Inspector Lethercn and another police officer. A crowd of 5C0, including many women, surrounded them. and kept up a. con- tinuous- din all the way to tho bouse by beat- "19 tin cans and using abusive language, 6tcne.6 new in all directiona, and Mr. Llewelyn V" az, struck three times and Inspector 4-therell once. Three or four pickets, how- ever. ou fjeing appealed to by the police, "lercisefl their iinluence on the angry crow i. A small posse or police escorted Mr. Lle- \feJ:vn back to the colliery in the afternoon but such a large crowd awaited his depar- ture at night that he decided to sleep at tiie C-Dllie Two stokers have resumed work. and in 'tiw of a rumour hn.t an attempt would be Inade to get at ihem last night the police );ere considerably augmented. One of the Jokers is said to have expressed a desire to eXplain his position to a committeeman. but no one was found willing to go down to the eneinc-house. [ AMATEUR PAINTERS Several cases re reported of attacks  ofScials. and strikers have visited the oaloiats' homes &nd treapa?sed on the I>rmi;;os. while a new departure is the paint- 1n of objectionable words on the doors of the officials. Some of the strikers II. t'e alleged to be prepared to use the most extreme methods in order to get the men from the work, and one official living. at T real aw was struck in the mouth. azul another knocked down and prevented from going to his duties. A eistar cf a stoker at the Glamorgan Colliery was met by the crowd lifter she had T*-en inquiring of her brother, ^uo bad not been home for several days. IInd the young la-dy was chased home and fr-ade the target of disgusting epithete. Some Of the windows of her house were also broken. The caterers for the military and police havQ been interfered with, and at least one tlerk wa. prevented from going to the office, ihe Clevedon Branch of the Royal Society f),. the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals bave presented a loving cup to Mr. Leonard I Llewelyn as a token of that body's great Aspect for Mr. Llewelyn and his officia.Is in their heroic and successful efforts to save I the horses. Tho loving cup was mado hy Sir t. H. Elton, Bart., the lord of the manor. A WHITE-COAT. last night the door of an official's Ouse was completely painted white, the perpetrators possibly being desirous of mak- ing it coincide with the surroundings, as a (ieat of snow fell. The pickets this morning were successful in 1)1.zventi.ii,!x a number of officials from going I to the various pits of the combine. It was anticipated by the strikers that an a-tt erupt would to-day be made to relight the l'ire.-) under Lhe boilers at the Ely Pit. and a -e number of pickets went there. They proceeded by a big force of police. Several fresh cases oi window-smashing are reported. ilid-lihondda was more strongly picketed during last night than has probably been the case before, and it was a quaint sight to see fc^oups of men sitting in improvised sheds 'I\.itb fires. IIHYMNEY VALLEY MINERS APPOINT DEPUTATION TO WAIT UPON MR. IIANN. A conference of the various committees of I the Powell Duffryn workmen in the Rhymney alley was held at New Tredegar on Thurs- day night, Mr. Mark Old in the chair, Delegates from Aberdaro gave addresses, and conference was deeply concerned ahollt I, the welfare of their friends in the Aberdare galley It was resolved that Mr. Walter J"ewis. the Rhynmey Valley agent, and Mr. A. Thomas, the ab-aeent. together with a deputation from the local committees, should ■wait upon Mr. E. M.. Hann, the general managed of the Powell Duffryn Company, to discus: the situation. The oonference felt that, as Mr. Stanton had apologised to Mr. Hanri. the latter should make no demur shout receiving the deputation of which •"tr. Stanton will be a member. CHILD'S KINDLY ACT. There was a human touch abont a letter hieli the chairman of the distress com- Mittee received on Thursday from the -Mayor of Woolwich. His worship enclosed a letter from Miss Esther Langdon. a little "bild aged nine. in which she said she had heard all about the strike, and that as a Result women and children were starving. I he enclosed a oostal order for 93. 6d., statins that she had collected the money from her little friends at school.' ABERDARE "MISSIONARIES" VISIT PONTYPOOL. With the object of furthering the dow-n tools" policy throughout the coalfield, six ,Iberdara visited the inisaionai-les from Aberdaro visited the pastern Valteys district at Pout-ypool on Thursday and interviewed some of the local °fiicials. The delegates were evidently pleased with their reception, and were con- fldent of carrying into effect the programme Ia,id down. Mr. James Winstone, miners' aSent, told our representative that he was 0-ware of the visit, but no consent to the appointment of delegates to an unofficial conference could be given without bia con- 8ent.. The matter would probably be dis- cussed before Monday, but, speaking for hicuielf, he did not think the district was favourable to such a conference as that pro- loosed by the strikers. HEAVY COST UPON THE COUNTY. The questiou as to who is to pay for the damage caused by the strikers at the col- Ieries in the Rhondda and Aberdare Valleys is much discussed, but there seems little doubt that the cost will fan upon the local Authorities, who are responsible for the main- j tenance of law and order, and wW, of oourae, ?ome out of the pockets of the ratepayers. The indemnity paid by the Coalowners'| Association to the owners of the collieries Îllle is, of course, for loss of earnings only, And is compensation to the shareholders for having their businese stopped. It is based On a liberal scale, and in the case of the Cambrian Combine pits is believed to amount to() something like f,1,200 per day, or nearly *■ £ 400,000 a year This is a considerably larger RUm than could be earned by the collieries 11 working in the present condition of the Market. If in consequence of lack of proper protec- tion to those employed at the Britannic Col- ,cries the pit, become flooded out and the knt destroyed, the county may easily be faced with a bill for L160,000 to £ 180.000. INTERVIEW WITH MR. HANNI SIR MARCHANT WILLIAMS'S EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE. The announcement that Sir Marcbant Williams had taken steps as mediator In connection with the coal crisis gave the utmost satisfaction throughout the I Aberdare Valley on Thursday. Nir Marohant Williams had a long inter- view with Mr. E. M. Harm, a.nd we have raa?on to believe tha.t it was the favour_¡ ?h)e manner in which Mr. Hann received Sir "turcha.nt which induced the latter to make ?P his mind at once to confer with Mi-. t-leufer Thomas. I ,tlk-eci on Thursday whether or not he l "I-)Uld like to say anything regarding the intervention of Sir Marcbant Wit- Ir. Stanton replied that it was l'eally very good of Sir Jarchant to h:wc stepped into the arena, and Lie had *;ptliititj but the highest praise to extend to Marcbant for the very kind way in which had conierred with him and the deputa- IOn on Wednesday night. Mr Stanton further remarked that his Worships mediation WM not likely to oe 'itieA3e. 'At any rate, it is a noble step," ??ded Mr. Stanton 'gniScantly. "on the part ? Sir Marchant in an attempt to restore I »"eace in the coalfield." LODGE OFFICIAL'S DENIAL. I p,An o<B:in' of the Gilfacn Goch Lodge of the I ?deratiort writes in eference to the report .? scenes at Gilfach Goch "No stone-throw-  to?k place, r?ither were t'.?re any large ?'Utdprs rolled down the hiU. &!so the state- ent that the window in the house of II official bae been smashed is quite j vntrue. The persons engaged at the ere were Mr. D. R Joues, manager,  a number of the clerical tff.  '? not uiRciala. The crowd WM quite "rderl,, and aUowed the pemne <?ho ?iated fr?m work at the reqnert of the j.?asen) to pasf through without being ?'?eeted in the te?t; in t_t gnat praise to ¡' d '? for the Iba, i".r of the men." ^RISER S FUNERAL AT PONTY- PRIDD. I f '? funeral of Samuel ?o?ee. who was ¡ ? ?ta.My injured at Tonypandy on.Tuesday in t ?oek during the di!tnrbanoee there, took I place at Glyntaff Cemetery, Pontypridd, on Wedneeday afternoon, the obsequies being of the simplest character. Deceased worked at the Glamorgan Colliery as a haulier, and lived at 118. Coedpenmaen-road, Pontypridd. Sympathy was shown by the blinds being drawn along the route to the cemetery, and I the large number of wreaths which were sent. I" UNOFFICIAL CONFERENCE." I Council Strongly Against It. Tho following resolution was passed. with Tlie following resolution was passed, with one dissentient:— That it having come to the know-1 ledge of this council that the Aber- dare miners' representatives, together with the C'ambrianloint Committee, are con- vening an unofficial conference for Monday next, this council stiongly urges upon the men. ters of the federation in the coalfield I to dtsreRatd the invitations to end vepre-1 scntatives to such ccnferbnce." I Action of the Police I The following letter which has been received by the secretary (Mr. T. Richards) wa. read to the council and considered:— "Dear Sir.—I am instructed by my com- mitxee to ask yon a.nd the executive council to 0311 a conference of the whole of the South WaÍes coalfield to discuss the present situa- tion, a.nd to frame a policy relating thereto, I and also to receinr,) a report from the affiliated a,reas with reference to the ill-treatment that has been meted out by the police to defence- less men, women. and children. Trusting that our request will receive your most serious consideration and a.pproval.-I am. on behalf of the Cambrian Combine Joint Com- mittee. MARK KAKCOMBE, Sec." The Chairman (Mr. Abraham) and Mr. Watts Morgan requested that consideration of the letter should be deferred until an opportunity was afforded of meeting and discussing the subject with the Cambrian Combine Joint Committee, a course that was agreed to. The Riotine I The attention of the council was called to I the letter which appeared in the press over the names of various clergy an-1 ministers in Tonypandy and Llwyuypia. in which they dealt with the street rioting and shop-looting in Tony- pandy and the committee passed a resolu- tiou that they publicly thanked them and desired to associate themselves with the 8tmtimenta expreBaeJ. MR. STANTON FIRM I Declines To Go Wilh Deputation A meeting of the executive council of the I South Wales Miners' l'ederation was held at Cardiff yesterday afternoon, vlr. W. Abraham, M.P., presiding, and Mr. A. Onions acting as secretary in the absence of Mr. T. Richards. M.P., who is at Whitehaven. Mr. C. B St?nton mde an appeal for financial support for the Powell Dunryn men in the Aberdaro Valley who are now on strike. It was pointed out to flim that if tlii* request was complied with in less than a fortnight an application for an injunction would be ma-de against the executive, with the result that the whole of tte Federation funds would be tied up. and they, therefore, could not pay even those who were locked out and on strike in accordance with the rules. After this the present situation in the Al)er- dare Valley was considered by the council. Several members of the committee expressed I very great regret that the Aberdare men did not see their way clear to accept the unani- mous recommendation of the council, as well :12 that of the joint conciliation board, as a way out cf their immediate trouble. Farther, the executive council offered to eepd a deputation to meet the Aberdare Joint Work- men's Committee with a view of explaining to them, if necessary, the resolution come to, and th«* way in which it would affect their position, providing Mr. Stanton would accom- pany such deputation :Lnd agree with the council to "recommend the terms. Mr. Stanton, however, while being willing for any deputation to meet the Aberdare strike committee, distirtctly stated that he could not associate himself with mombers of the council in such a, deputation. WATER PUMPED FROM GLAMOR- GAN PITS. The imported stokers at the Glamorgan I Collieries, Llwynypia. are still at work, and yesterday it was found unnecessary to keep up the same pressure of steam, so that some fires were damped out, Water had accumulated to a depth of 19ft.. a.nd covered an area extending from Gelli to Trealaw, a distance of about three miles. All this has been pumped out, and all that is now necessary is to prevent farther accumu- lation. During the day Ml". W. N. Atkinson, the chief inspector of minea, and Mr. F. J. Trump, the assistant inspector, visited the Glamorgan Collieries, and bad a lengthy interview with Mr. Leonard W. Llewelyn, the general manager. The magistrates have decided upon issuing another closing order on the licensed houses. It was resolved that every licensed victualler in the two Rhoridda, Valleys and Pontypridd I should uniformly close at eight p.m. to- day a,nd Saturday. I QUESTION OF MEDIATION. Although no stops have officially been taken to endeavour to bridge over the gulf between the owners and the men, nevertheless informal attempts are being uiae. and the committee of the Mid-Bhondda ministers are making arrangements to have an interview with Mr. F. L. Davis (the chairman of the Coal Trade Conciliation Board) to endeavour to induce the latter to act M mediator in the crisis. MR. "D. A." & SETTLEMENT Mr. D. A. Thomas was asked by an Evening Express reporter yesterday if there were no prospects of a settlement being effected, Mr. Thomas replied: "I see none whatever at the moment. We havo had many offers of intervention trom gentlemen of influence, apart from tie Board of Trade, but my co-directors and my- self are not inclined to negotiate while the men are, so to speak, holding a pistol at our beaod s. "It must be quite obvious to ftvery think- ing person that such could not be tolerated for one moment. There must be absolute tranquillity among the men before we can ontertain the idea, I may say that we thoroughly appreciate the motives of the gentlemen who are endeavouring to make peace, and regret that the actions of the men. or. at any rate, a section of them, up to now have afforded no evidence that the offers of intervention have their sanction."

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