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Show BRITONS GRAPPLE WITH COAL STRiKE i LABOR MEMBERS EMPHASIZE URGENCY OF ARRIVING ,' AT A SETTLEMENT. Suggested That Two Shillings Raise Demanded Be Granted Temporarily; Temporar-ily; Whole Matter to Be Reviewed Re-viewed at End of Year. London. Tliu Iio u.sc of commons on Tuesday discussed I In- coal strike with great iiiodcrullon and an absence of vlnillctlvcni-ss, hut without urriv-1 urriv-1 up lit u nearer prospect of u .settlement. .settle-ment. Premier I.loyd (ieorge explained ex-plained his unemployment .scheme us hu outlined It the day previous to u deputation which visited him, but added little to his previous statement except that the .scheme would embrace the building of new arterial roads around Iindon. The lir ler contributed nothing to the coal discussion, which was largely confined to the labor members. The latter emphasized the urgency of arriving ar-riving at a settlement before the dispute dis-pute grew to graver proportions. William Brace, labor member for the Abertillery division of Monmouthshire Monmouth-shire and , president of the South Wales miners' federation, suggested that the two shillings t lie miners demanded de-manded should he granted temporarily, temporar-ily, pending the creation of u permanent perma-nent wage board and the whole matter mat-ter reviewed by the end of the year. He asserted there was evidence that the miners had purposely restricted the output and declared that if it was to bo a fight to a finish every man must be withdrawn from the mines regardless re-gardless of the damage and loss Involved. In-volved. Jumes Henry Thomas of the National Na-tional Union of Ilailwaymen, supporting support-ing Mr. Brace's, suggestion, said It was no secret that seventeen days ago a special meeting of the railway dele gates decided by only one vote not to strike forthwith, after he had made the utmost efforts in favor of peace. He begged the bouse not to minimize the danger, but to remember that the same people were meeting Wednesday Wednes-day and that the spirit of the workers work-ers was such that, even if they felt a mistake had been made, there existed a feeling of comradeship which drew them together. |