Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08

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needy men into accepting lower rates.
F. A most objectional feature of the
present system is the disputes which
occur on fortnightly pay days, knot
of men remaining behind to demand
|alowlances which they believe are due.
After many attempts to get an inter
view with the manager, or they may
have to rely on the mems committee of
the. pit, who take up numbers of cases
every fortnight. In many cases the
allowances ars ultimately granted,
after several weeks. but so far as
can ascertain, the granting of them is
very arbitrary and depends a good
deal on impor' unity.
Anxious to hear both sides of the
question, obtained a lengthy inter-
view with D. A. Thomas, the actual
controller of the Cambrian Combine.
The average daily earnings of his
men were, high, being $1.S9 in the
Cambrian colliery over long period
but lower in the other collieries. One
table showed rue was particularly in
teresting, as it showed the frequency
of different amounts of earnings. !
was surprised at the wide range, from
is cents per day up to 81 per day as
extreme limits, the figures being for
adult GOLFERS only.
A general election will almost Ger
sainly take place in December. The
body of representatives Of the trade
lnions in the House of Commons
Known as. the Labor party, will not
out forward as many candidates as
at the last election The par COLI
| tested so seats in 1863 and 78 in jam
ary last, and wen 20 and 40 re :rective
~. The large increase in the number
Of thu party's candi .ates at thu last
election was, of course, mainly caused
by the accession of the miners and
their representatives
All but one O. the 40 Labor members
of Parliament will stand again for
their present constituencies. The ex-
ception is Sha' kletor, whose appoint
ment as labor adviser to the Govern
ment necessitates his retirement from
the House of Commons. A number of
other candidatutes will be sanctioned
by the executive committee of the
party, but serious attempt will be
made to avoid hopaless contests. In
a few divisions hop eful from the La
Dor point Of view, candidates will at
tempt to increase the voting power OF
the party in the Hous,. of Commons by
opposing the sitting Liberal or Con
servatlve memt er. Tut there are not
likely to be more than 50 or 65 Labor
candidates at the coming election, and
the number of +,hree cornered contests
will accordingly be materially re-
duced
While most of the present Labor
members expect to have the fight for
their seats, very few Of them will have
to face the opposition of Liberal can
didates. Ten CT the seats at present
neld by Labor are in two=members con-
stituencies in which the second seat is
held by a Liberal.
The Labor party gill fight the cleo
ton on the question of the Osborne
judgment and the House of Lords. Its
attitude towari the Government will
Ebe largely determined by the wav in
which Ministers propose to deal with
the Osborne udgmen-. This is a vital
question to the party, and although
its leaders clair, tha+ the special cleo
ton fund is sufficient to meet all the
demands to be made upon it, the finan-
cial position is very different fir )m
what it was in the days Def re the
fcompt lsory levy was challenged. and
the material effects Of the judgment
are sure to be seen in the coming
campaign.
Kerr Hardie. the firts Labor mem
fber of Parliament we had, and still
the best known of all members of the
party. propose $50 start the first labor
daily rewspape in this country. Il is
to appear each evening aid to be pub
,ished at Manchester. He desires to
raise $4,000 capital He already has
one third of this promised. The sug-
gestea title is he "New Free Press"
Despite the attempts IF he German
newspapers to .magp 'fy small Labor
outbreaks into incipient revolutions
things are very quiet here. Spain is,
however, disturbed. The big trike of
the moment is at the naval shipyards
at Ferrol, and the strike has for the
time being, stopped further construc-
ton in copection with the Spanish
fleets 1t is said that the trouble there