The Cambria Daily Leader

I THE COPPER PIT. 1 I I i __?__ I Gower M.P.'s Report on his Visit to London. DIRECTORS' REPLY. i Ao offi :i,LU statement from the men's side of the negotiations, which have tii/ken. place with a view of effecting a, settlement of the dispute at the Cappel Pits Collicy at Morriston was made at a meeting; of the workmen by Mr. John Williams, M.P., on Saturday afternoon. The trouble, it will be remembered, arose chiefly owing t,c> the refusal of the management to concede the demand that the men should be given preference ever the horses in being brought to the surface. The chair was occupied by Mr. Johii (chairman of the local Federation lodge) and there was an excellent at- tendance, amongst those present being Mr. W. E. Morgan. The, Chairman Having explained that the object of the meeting was to re- ceive a report on the situation Irom tiio cllicf advisory agent, caiicd upon Mr. John Williams, M.P. The Member for oCwer. Mr. "Williams. M. i\, who v,a.s cinJ.u siastically receiver, referred to the dis- cussion which took place at the dis- trict meeting, and explained that it in accordance with the resolution passeu 011 that occasion that he had proceeded. There was a desire manifested by the delegates at the district meeting that tho matter should bo thraslxxi cut thoroughly on the floor of the House of Commons, but the resolution adopted contained instructions to the chief agent to proceed in such a way a.s would en- sure nn arnica-hie termination of the dis- pute. It was along these lines that he had gone. The first thing he did, therefore, was to convene a. meeting of tho parties con- cerned, and also the mines inspectors. That meeting took place on Tuesday, December 27th, when there were pre- sent Dr. Atkinson (chief inspector of mines for Wales), Mr. Dyer IÆ\YÍ:, (H.M. inspector for the western dis- trict). Mr. Thomas (the manager of the Copper Pit Colliery), Mr. W. E. Morgan (miners' agent;, three rcprescntativ"- of the colliers, and himself. At this meeting a special effort was made to amicably arrange matte] s, and several proposals were made by the speaker with this object in view. I Officials Thanked. He thanked Dr. Atkinson and Mi- Dyer Lewis for the special efforts they put forward to bring the parties to- gether, but explained that unfortu- nately Mr. Thomas, the manager, was not in a position to accept of his own account the proposals which he (Mr. Williams) put forward on behalf of the workmen, viz., that precedence should be given to the men in the matter of winding at the end of each shift over the horses, or failing that that the em- ployers should forgo one hour per week on Saturday, thus allowing the men to ascend on that day at one o'clock in- stead of two as at present. To these suggestions Mr. Thomas made counter- proposals which the speaker could not see his way to accept on behalf of the men. The result of the meeting was that !\1r. Thomas undertook to place the speaker's proposals before, his directors in London at the earliest opportunity. Un Sunday, the 29th of December, he (Mr. Williams) received a message from Mr. W. E. Morgan to the effect that a meeting of the directors of the coiiiery would be held at their offices in the City of London on the follow ing Tues- day at 2.;)0, and on the Monday morn- ing he wired Mr. Thomas, the manager, inlorming him of his intention to be present at the meeting referred to. Before the Directors. On the oist he attended tne directors' meeting, when he placed the whole mat- ter before them, and made a determined attempt to settle what he considered a trivial matter for the employers, but one of great consequence to the work- men. He pointed out that it was a source of physical danger to wait for any length of time underground when in a state of perspiration, and moreover that the matter could be settled there and then without any hardship being in- flicted upon the colliery company. He added that he would rather settle with the board than be forced to proceed upon political lines by raising the matter on the floor of the House of Commons. He was positive that he had a remedy in the Act, and of course, if no arrangement of a mutual charac- ter could be arrived at, he would have to resort to the course which he had al- ready indicated. After two hours' de- li beration, characterised by the best of spirit, Mr. Smith, on behalf of the directors, intimated that he was exceedingly sorry that the company could not see their way to grant what they regarded as an important concession, adding that he j wished it were possible to accede to the men's request, but that considerations of cost prevented them doing so. The speaker thanked the directorate for the. courteous manner in which he had been received, and informed them of his intention to proceed upon the lines already mentioned. Mr. Williams went on to explain that the following day he waited upon Mr. McKenna and succeeded in getting an appointment with the Home Secretary. On Thursday last (the 2nd inst) he at- tended at the Home Office. He saw Mr. MeKenna, who knew al! Communication Expected. about the case, and he was referred to Professor Redmayne. In his interview with the latter he (Mr. Williams) pointed out that he did not think tne Eight Hour Act empowered anybody whatever to give consideration or priority in the matter of winding to horses over men. He had a long chat with Professor Redmayne upon the whole matter. This was of a confi- dential character, but he was able to say that Professor Redmayne was mm in eommuniction with Dr. Atkinson in regard to the matter. He had fully expected some statement in the form of a reply by Saturday morning, but up to that time no such sta teinent had been received. He was, however, ex- pecting it every moment, and assured them that immediately a communica- tion was received either from tho Home Office or the Home Secretary it would be communicated to them inasmuch as, as far as he (Mr. Williams) was per- sonally concerned, he would not be a party to keeping the colliery idle a single moment longer than was necessary under the circumstances, in concluding his report the hon. mem ber pointed out that the position had re- volved itself into two things: Was the allotted and approved bm., of thirty- five minutes too great for the purpose prescribed by the If so, they would naturally look for- ward to a curtailment of it, so as to make it impossible for colliery proprie- tors to entertain the idea of winding A horses in that time. It, on the other hand, 'it was found that the time was according to sca le, and approved on the basis of tha,t scale, then there was noth- ing JU the Acts of Parliament which en- titled the co?hery company Lo give pre- cedure in winding to horses over men or to wind them alternately with the I' men. (Applause.) Mr. WiMiams was thanked for his re- port, after which Mr. W. E. Morgan spoke of the part which he had taken in the matter, adding that he was de- sirous of seeing the dispute teminated satisfactorily and immediately.

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'•The Earl of Loudoun .who celebrated Iris fifty-eighth birthday yesterday, is the holder of eight separate peerages, his oldest title being that of Bar on I Bctreaux. created in 1368.

THE BY-ELECTIONS. E BY-ELECTIONS. As already stated, two by-election campaigns of prime importance inlill soon engage the interest of the coun- try; tho first in Flint Boroughs, and the second in Londonderry City. In Derry the Unionist candidates wil! be:—Londonderry, Colonel Pakenliam, Flint, Mr. Hamlet Roberts. An Independent Unionist threatens to come forward. HiLiberal selections are not yet announced.

M. Balogh, Secretary of State in the Hungarian Ministry of Education and a former professor of criminal law, has been appointed Minister of Justice in succession to Dr. Szekely, who has resigned his portfolio. I

THE SUSPENSION OF KNOX. The Tress Association says with re- ference to a. report in railway circles in Newcastle on Friday night that Drivei Knox, who it is alleged, overran the signals on Christmas Eve. had been exonerated, it is officially stated that the statement is incorrect. It, is added that. the circumstances of i breach were the subject of .n i. nquiry, the result of which was Ld was suspen ded for a fort- The suspension will, it is understood, be removed on Wednesdav.

A ball organised by tho Sandringham Company or Territorials was attended bv the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert, who remnined with the party for an hour and took part in the danc- ing.

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) PEACE—AND TRANSITION. Neath Railwaymen Preparing for Another Struggle. There was a largely attended meeting I of railway men at the Town Hall, Neath. 'on Sunday afternoon, over which Mr. John Pi- Ice, of the Neath and Brecon j Railway, presided. On the proposition of Councillor J. R. Jones, seconded by Mr. Jajor, the following resolution was unanimously passed: "That this meeting of all grades of railway men are of the opinion that one organisation is the most effective method to protect and improved our condition of service. We (lep.ecate the feeling of division amongst [he man, believing that solidarity is the only means of attaining the emancipa- tion of all railway workers. We further call upon our leaders that on the ter- mination of the present conciliation scheme, to be prepared to stand solid for recognition, as the present scheme is practically a failure because it does not embrace all jvorkers, and gives the rail- way companies too great an opportunity of evading their liabilities towards their j workmen. Ready for Battle, I Y\e must organise our-forces," said the chairman, "and I am happy to introduce to you our General. Mr. Brown, who has come down to see if we are ready for battle." (Applause.) Counc.Ilor J. R. Jones also referred to Mr. Brown, who, he said, came down from the north where railwaymen were stalwarts. But when he came down to Wales in the thick of the fight he would find equally good fighters in South Wales—e ven without going down so far as Llanelly (laughter)--ns in the orth. The present was a time of peace and also cf transition. The con- ciliation Board was not working as it ought to be, perhaps, but they must remember it was new machinery. Re- ferring to the strike on the North Eastern Railway. Councillor Jones said they found courage in the fact that an injustice to one man was an injustice to all railway men. A citizen had rights that must not be violated by men who were paid t(, look after order, They were the servants and not the Railwaymen were still suS?rins: in- ?m?terx. ii-ei-P not i-)a. d a livir(I just' they were not pa'd a living wage and their hours were too long. When the time was ripe he ventured to say that they could repeat the iesson they gave to the railway companies in 1911. (Applause.) The spirit of brotherhood was spreading far and wide, and he was confident that they would not be behind in striking when the iron was hot. ^Applause ) I One Union Desirable. I Mr. C. W. Brown, organising secre- tary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants also addressed the meeting, and discussed the desirability of forming one union from the whole of the wage earning classes. The only freedom the majority of the workers possessed was the freedom between choosing to work for semi-starvation wages or starve outright. And not every worker onjoj-ed even that amount of freedom all the year roun d', for was there not that great unemployed army of human beings who had no other choice but to starve? As a body of Trade Luionists they had never yet claimed their total rights, but only a small part of them. The working class to-day were simply admitting their own weakness by trying to persuade the "robbers'' to leave them a little bit of what belonged to them. The railway strike of August, 1911 was a spasmodic effort. It had resulted 'in some good. but not enough. The Conciliation Boards were working under the remain- ing stimulus, for nothing was brought on until that bust tip." (Laijglite: Their Executives during the National Railway Strike did not represent the strength that was behind them in- stead of sending the men wires to Stand Firm," the men ought to have sent wires to the Executive to Stand rirn." (Applause.) Recognising the weakness of craft unionism, it was necessary to have one central industrial uiiion, and by organis- ing on tl,t principle they would get the weak helping the strong (Ap- plause.) "They were out to obtain shorter hours, increased wages, and better conditions ail round—and ulti- mately to capture the lot. (laughter)— and by forming one organisation em- bracing every industrial grade they would e able to fight the battle with better results. Such an organisation would hold within it the possibility of I absolutely solving the labour problem and emancipating the workers from future strikes and lock-outs. (Ap- plause.)

UNDER THE WHEEL. Inquiry Into Death of Neath Colliery Foreman. I Mr. Howell Cutlibertson, county coroner, held an inquiry at the Town- Hall..Neath, on Saturday concerning the death of Thomas Howells (4o), ot Penywern-road, Neath, who was killed at the Dillwyn Colliery on Monday last. Mr. Tomlison (from the ofiice ol ):11'. John Evan Rowlands, Swansea) re- presented the owners of the pit, the Diliwyn Colliery. Company. Mr. 1.eI Lewis, his Majesty's inspector of mines, represented the Home Office, Joseph Howells, Senhenydd, said deceas-ed was his brother, and was a Sul-f,a(-e foreman at the colli civ. j David Griffiths, Aherdulais, em- ployed at the Diiiwyn Colliery, saia lie was taking some trucks of bricks ,> to be unloaded. The gradient was dc-, and the trucks were going "wild. He heard deceased shout, "Dai go and fetch help." Looking down he saw Howells under the wheel of a truck. Witness ran for assistance, and when lie returned he noticed an iron "pj;1ch- bar" broken under the truck. Wit- ness thought deceased was using tms iron sprag when it swung round and knocked him under the truck. Howells was about ten minutes under the wheel. By Mr. Dyer Lewis: Each truck con- tained four tons of bricks. Only one break was effective, and even that failed in a wet place. Dr. Edwards (Seven Sisters) said that both thighs were fractured, and there were other injuries. Death took place in the colliery office. The jury returned a verdict of "A(-(-I- dental death."

I WESLEY SOCIAL HOUR. The Wesley Social Hour, which was! such a popular institution last winter, 'tilt' on l?l, t ?A- i ntc-r, has boeu revived, the first of the seric: taking place after the evening service last night in the Wesley Schoolroom (Goat-street). The object of these pleasant functions is to give the past.or an opportunity of having direct social intercourse with his flock, and also to provide a counter- attraction for those who otherwise would wander aimlessly about the streets. There was a very encouraging attend- ance last evening to listen to the excel- lent fare provided by Mr. P. T. Hughes. A.R .C.O., the popular organist. The -gi n i artistes, who were all in splendid voice, were Miss Thomas, Messrs. Morris and Tanner. k. addition, Mr. Hughes ren- dered a difficult Beethoven sonata on 1 the piano with his usual brilliancy.

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