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Si. CROIX STATION:
London,
Apcil
10th.—An
agreement
|
was
reached
last
night
by tbe
striking
coal
miners
and
the
mine
owners
fora
confarence
ifor tne
purpose
of endeavaar-
ing
to settle
the
strike.
The
Executive
hody
of
the
miners
has
instructed
the
miners
o vefrain
from
any action
endan-
gering
the
mines.
Mr
Frank
Hodges,
|
Seere
ary of
the
Miners
Union,
said
the
conference
with
mine
owners
had
been
arranged
without eonditions
being stipu-
lated.
Today
was
a
day
of relaxation
|
frem
the
tension
created
from
the coal
|
strike
and
the possibility
of a general
in |
dusirial
tie up,
and
gave
the
cabinet
Ministers
and
lahour
leaders
an
oppor-
tunity
ito
get
into
the
country
for
a
est.
;
Paris,
Aprii
10th.—France
defeated
Ireiand
in
an
international
irugby
foot-
ball
game
yesterday.
The
score
was
20
to
10
|
Washington.
April
10th.—The
New
Republican
Ad:ministration
will get
un-
der full headway,
when the sixty seventh
’
United
Staizs
¢ ongress
at
noon,
for
|
the
extraordinary
session
called
a
few
|
weeks
ago
by
President
Harding.
The
}
progranm=
tomorrow
is expecred
to
be
|
iimited
to
the
wusual
opening
iformali-
|
ties,
iinciuding
the
adoption
of
a
reso-
|
lution providing
a
joint session
on Tues-
|
day o hear
the
President’s
address
on
|
organization
work.
Committee’s of lead-
|
ers
will also
be
appointed
tomorrow,
E
to
notifv
the
President
of
the
assem-
|
bling of Congiess.
Domestic
needs,
in-
|
cluding tariff and
tax
revision,
are_ex-
|
pected
to
be
emphasized
by
President
Harding
on
Tuesday,
but he also
is
said
|
ic be planning
a
considerable
discussion
ot
iniernational
cuestions.
Republicans
prominent
in Congress,
received
reports
teniznt
that
he
would
state
with.
eon-
sidorable
definiteness
his
attitude
to-
ward
the
proposai
o
esiablish
peace
with
wer nany
by
congressional
action.
The
iirst
logisladon
achievement
pro
mises
i) be ihe enactinent
oi the einergen-
cy iarift bill
voted
at the
last
session
by
Mr
Wilson.
Thisis
to
be
iniroduced
in
the
House-
comorrow
and
reported
dar-
ing
‘he
day
or
»n
Puesday.
The
Re
pubiicans
wi:l
start
upon
tae
new
ses-
sion
with ~onmarnding
majorities
in boih
Senaie
and
House.
In
the
upper
bcdy
theee
wiil
he 52 Repubiicans,
as
aga
nst
37
enocrais,
«nd
in
the
House
300
Repubiicans
10 132 Democrats.
»
Loadon,
April 9th.—ln
an internauon-
al
Socear
Game
between
Wales
and
Iroiand today
the
former
won
by
2-1.
Miami
Fla,
Aril
11th.
—A
protest
has
been
ladged
with
Great
Rritain
against
alleged
tuiquor
traffic at
Bemini
in
the
Bahama
l:lands
as
an
unfriendly
act,
Mr.
Wiilian.
Jennings
Bryan
said
in
x:: address
here
yesterday.
Because
of
the
proximity
es
the
islands
to the
Unired
States
ccast,
he
said
develop-
m=nt
of
sveh
a
traflic
amounted
to
“Hatehing Conspiracies
against
the laws
mnde
by
a {rienlly Govt.
for
the
pro-
tection
of our pecple.”’
i,oridon Aprcil lith. —British
Mine ewn-
ers
and
their strizing employees
conferr-
ed
for an
hour
atthe
Board
of
Trade
this morning
on
& possible
settiement
of
the eoniroversy
which led
to
the miners
we Ik our
'ast
week.
The
conference
ad-
journed
at
noon
until four o’clock
this af-
ternoon.
Sir Robert
Horne presided.
Mr
Lloyd
George
made
the
suggestion
dur-
ing the conlerence
that the
owners
give
a full presentaticn
of
their
case
stating
the
re: son why
they
consider
the
wage
reductior
justified,
after which
the min-
|
ers
courter claims
should
be fully presen-
|
ted.
He proposed
that
the
miners
then
delegate
six
representatives
to meet
six
representatives
¢f the mineowners,
with
or without
Govt
representatives
present
to begin
tLe examination of
possibilities
|
and report
to their
respective
constituen
cies’’. MrLloyd George
told the miners
and the owners’” We have definitely
con-
cluded
that
we
could
not
recommend
to
Parliament
that
we continue
paying profit
to the
ownpers
and
the
owners
to the
men
from the general
taxes
of the country’.
Leaders
of the Tripple Alliance of Labour
!
today
viewed
the situation
as
being
con-
siderably
improved.
Mr Clynes,
chair-
man of the Parlimentary
Party,
is quoted
as
saying
he
was
satisfied
a solution
of
the problem could
qe
focund.
The chief
question
to the
menis
how
to
reconcile
the demand
oi the
mlneoewners
for
dis-
trict wage
settlements
involving
drastic
cuts
in localties
when
expe
ices
exceed
revenue
and
the
miners
d emand
for
na-
tional
wage
system
and
a national
profits
pool to keep
wages
level in
all distriets.
Doon
Holland,
April
11th.—Former
Empress
Augusta
Victoria of
Germany
‘died here
at six o’clock this morning.
for
the
6th
Ordinary
Meeting
of
the Colonial Council
for
St.
Croix
MONDAY,
APRIL
18,
1921,
at
ONE
O’CLOCK P. M.
1. Colonial Council Bill No. 55.
9nd
Discussion
on
Colonial
Coun-
cil
Bill
No.
85,
draft
of
an
ordi-
nance,
introduced
by
Ist.
Member
for
Frederiksted
Country
District
(Andersen)
providing
the
sum
of
Frs.
2560,000.00
to
re-build with con
crete
the
center
line
road
between
Frederiksted
aud
Christiansted
in
accordance
with
plan
approved
by
the
Public
Works
COfficer,
With
arnendment.,
2.
Colonial
Council
Bill No, 57.
Continuation
of and
Ist.
Discussion
on Colonial Council
Bill No. 57, draft
of an Ordinance,
introduced
by Gov-
ernment,
providing for
the appoint-
ment
of
a
judge
for
the
Distriet
Courts
of
the Virgin Islands
of
he
United
States.
With Committee
Re-
port.
3.
Colonial
Counci)
Bill No. 59
Introduction
of
Ist.
Discussion
on
Colonial
Council
Bill
No. 59,
draft
of an Ordinance,
introduced
by
Gov-
ernment,
providing
for collection
on
mer: handise
remainingin the
Cus-
toms
warehouses
etc.
4.
Report
of“Committee
to revise
list
of Hucksters
Goods.
5.
Colonial Council
Bill No. 60.
Introduction
of
and
Ist
Discussion
on Coionial Council Bill No. 60
draft
of proposed
Budget
for
the Munici-
pality
of St. Croix for the fiscal year
from July 1’ 1921 to June 30’ 1922.
Colonial
Ccuncil
Cffce,
April
11th,
1921.
:
ROET.
1. MERWIN,
Chosrman.