16 APRIL 1921, Page 2

Meanwhile on the Thursday morning the railwaymen's delegates unanimously decided

that the miners were justified in refusing to accept the coal-owners' terms, which " would only be the beginning of a general attack on working-class conditions and an attempt to bring about the pre-war standard." They invited the transport workers' delegates to meet them. On Friday the miners and their allies conferred, and it was announced that " unless negotiations are reopened between the Miners' Federation, the mine-owners, and the Government, the full strike power of the Triple Alliance shall be put into operation as and from Tuesday midnight, April 12th."