STRIKE COLLAPSES.
MEN LEAVE MINE. DECISION AT NEWCASTLE. SYDNEY, July 30. The stay-in strike at the “John Darling” colliery collapsed abruptly at 8 p.m., and all the men left the mine after an announcement by the Broken Hill Company’s manager that the company was not prepared to submit to further humbugging and intended to close their mines at John Darling, Burwood and Lambton indefinitely unless they received assurances of a continuity of work. The police to-day prevented 1500 miners and their wives and friends from making a demonstration at the top of the mine. The marchers included men from seven surrounding collieries, who bore down on the “John Darling” pit singing “Tipperary” and “Solidarity for Ever,” and waving Red flags. The police handled the situation tactfully and no disorder occurred, although the police were subjected to considerable heckling and banter. The Northern miners’ vice-president, Mr Henry Scanlon, addressed the men and urged them to remain calm.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 206, 31 July 1937, Page 9
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156STRIKE COLLAPSES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 206, 31 July 1937, Page 9
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