Apr. 11.
Tue week-end telegrams bring some gleams of hopefulness. If the Triple Alliance is to strike, it has allowed four days' grace for a settlement to be found. If the Miners' Federation refuses to allow the pumpman to work, it is issuing notices exhorting the men not to interfere with the volunteers who are trying to save the mines; and in the Midlands the miners are now ce-operating with the owners to keep the pits in good order. Finally it may be noted that, while we have heard
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