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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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dttflarmi vvitli greattrutti that thuru were thuHu cuuut)ctud withiudubtiial hte ati there were with puhticalartairrt wlio, after 20 luontlia uiiinec«»dentedtightiiig, faileil tu roahze either the gruv e nutuioof the potiitiuii i>i the luagiiitude of the taskwtiich thiti coiuitry and the AliieH had in hand.For Huch ii.s tlieae the pontpouenieut, byagreement, of the Whitaiuitide holidays—the reuult of hohdays an UHual at Eanter hadbeen to rtuluct* thu output of numitiojis by avoidable abiienteei»ni, ehtiniatod to represtrnta shortage of output of 15,000,000 Bbsentialtons a year, called forth from Mr. Awquith anappeal which wan not without effect. Themain caurio of blackncKH among the minoixwaH the belief that the owners alone profitedby any increase in the coal raised. To thedemand of the South Wales miners for anadvance in wages of 15 per cent, the ownersreplied with a demand for a reduction of10 per cent. In November, just 16 monthssince the last controversy had compelled the
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A CROWD OF CLYDE STRIKERS ON GLASGOW GREEN. one-half for a fortnight—had doubtless aneducative effect. An appeal to postpone theAugust Bank Holiday was also, for the mostpart, patriotically observed. June saw a recrudescence of trouble amongthe South Wales miners, and in August theNational Union of Railwaymen put forwarda demand for an all-round increase of 10s.a week in wages. After prolonged negotiationsan agreement was reached on the basis of anincrease of 5s. on the war bonus of 5s. whichhad been granted by the railway companiesin October, 1915. But the coal questionremained grave, and the large amount of Government to intervene, matters reached aclimax. The miners flatly refused to believethe contention of the owners that the increasedcost of production had cancelled the advantageto them of the rise in prices, and they demandeda joint audit of the costs of production, whichthe owners refused, on the groimd that itinvolved a departure from the customarymethod of procedure. Sudde

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