New Britain herald., 1926-11-20
COAL STRIKE NOW
 SEEMS TO BE LOST
British Miners Accepting Long
 Hours, Low Pay

London, Nov. 20 R-Although the delegate conference of the coal miners yesterday decreed that the various district organizations should mak no final settlement of the coal strike with the mine owners until another conference is held to con- sider the reports of the various ne- gotiationS, the consensus is this will have little effect. The belief prevails the seven months strike, which is regarded the most disas- trous in the country's annals, is virtually over and that next week miners will be hastening back to work even faster than they have returned to the pits in recent days.
 The decrease of the delegate conference was issued after the announcement of official figures in the balloting on the governments terms for settling the strike. which were rejected by a majority of 147,606.
 There is no sign of any formal calling off the strike and it is ex- pected that some of the die-hard districts will continue to hold out for while; but all present indi- cations are that preparations are being made for the mining of coal to start forthwith and that the men will! return. however reluc- tantly. under conditions that almost certainly will involve longer hours and lower wages.
 Such an ending has aroused misgivings in many quarters, where hope for permanent and contented peace seemingly is not strong. It is contended that while the miners have gained nothing and lost much, the mine owners cannot claim more than 8 pyrrhic victory. Their losses and the losses of the shareholders are enormous; the na- ton and national industries have suffered incalculable disaster which is inadequately represented by the current calculation of money loss, amounting to between s1,500, ,000,- coo and s2,5o0,oO0,o00
 The ruin of the miners federal tion is among the results assumed by the press commentators. They say it's policy has failed, and its final effort to keep control in set dement's of dispute between miners and mine onwers is regarded as a hopeless attempt to save it's face.
 Niscount Grey of Fallodon, for mer ambassador to the United States, in a recent speech said the miners had been beaten. not by the owners and not by the govern ment. but by economic facts This view is endorsed by an influential section of the press.
 The Times, citing Viscount Grey's summation of the situation, says: Tt would be even truer to say they were beaten by their own leadership, notwithstanding the government's efforts to save them" The newspaper, thinks that the early departure of A. J. Cook, sec retary of the federation, to attend the congress of the Russian trades unions In Moscow next month is a significant fact.
 After announcing the result of the vote against the governments terms of settlement the miners delegates adopted a resolution that all the districts be asked to nego- tiate with mine owners for agree. ments but that no settlement should be made until further national conference was held to receive the reports. This left the miners and the mine owners In a position to make the best terms possible, un- der rather shadowy supervision which the federation hopes to hold over the settlements, without any aid from the government.
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