Show A MAMMOTH STRIKE nearly half a million miners threaten to cease work i feb 29 it la Is now estimated that miners will cease work in a fortnight in their efforts to prevent a reduction in wages should the present intentions tent ions of the tile miners be carried out and a str strike inaugurated the branch industries will be adversely affected and it is estimated mated a million men will feel the effice effects ts of the tile urcle le the price of coal Is rapidly 1 rising in london the fixtures figures today to day show an ad advance vane of a shilling a ton above saturdays rates the increase will fall heavily on the poorer classes I 1 |