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.' :_:_,;% L} I."’ i 3 : N l VY(B o\ \ 10T YHAR. THEST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and pu*lished daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G Johansen at the Avis Office P"ERMS- -50 cents monthly in advance. 2 cents per single copy. tntered as second-class matter May 249th 1917 at the Post OJice at Christian cated, St, Croiz, V. 1. of the U. S. A., un der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals wih mat- ters of general interest, and is acrompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor caunot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. TELEGRAMS. SI. CROIX STATION. London, June Ibsth.—Australia beat England in the second eri ket match to- <ay at Lords by eight wickets. London, June 16th. —The¢ miners today voted or the proposals of the mineown ers for the settlement of the strike which has been in progress since April Ist all coal fields in the United Kingdom were affected by the decision to ballot on the rejection or acceptance oi the mineown- ers ‘erms and the question was placed betore the miners withcut recornmenda- tions from the conference of d:legates which met here on first June. The own- ers final proposals included the establish- ment of a new standard minimum wage by raising the 1914 scale to that of 1919 in the case of piece workers, by twenty percent. 1t was provided that this per- centage would, be calculated on the out- put for March 1921 and would continue in effect for twelve months. The owners offered to surrender their profits propor- tionally to the assistance received by the various disiricts and new distriet boards would if the proposals should be accepted redistribute the districts on an economic instead of a geographic basis a national wage board would then determine the ratio of profits to wages in each district. The owners suggested, as dn alter- native, that the new wage standard be settled by a national wage board, or by arbitration, The delegates who met here on Juce 10th represented 959,000 miners. The result of todays voting will be announced on Friday. . The Australians coumipleted the first in- nings of the 2nd test match against Eng- CHRISTIANSTED. V. L. UM A MONDAY 2th JUNE 1921, jand at Lords vesterday and scored 342 acainst their opponents 187. The Aus- trahians who had scored 131 for 3 wickets when stumps were drawn on Saturday looked to be in for a great innings. How- ever, during the game the Middlesex bowler bowled in splendid form. He dis- missed the great Australian captain Armstrong, with a “’duckseag” Bardsley played a sound innings in his 88, which he made in two hours on Saturday, being dismissed soon after play was resumed yesterday. He hit 11 fours. En<land again failed at the beginning of the sec- ond innings, K_night being out for 9 runs Woolley and Dipver then greatly improv- od matters making forty and the former playing another fine inn ngs of 93. but the batsmer following made a poor show- ing, with the exception of Tennyson, and at the close of play 8 wickets were down for 243. Englard is therefore 88 runs ahcad of t-e Australians, with only two wickets to fall, and the Australians yet to go in for their second innings. The crowd at the malch yesterday wuas as great as that of Saturday. Ascot Heath, June 14th. The Royal hunt cup race run here today resulted as follows: Ist, Iluminator 2nd Glan- merin 3rd Beauregard. N 9 143 CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE B.CC. THIS EVENING 8.00 TRHE GREAT SUPER SERIAL “ELMO THE FEARLESS” Episode 3. “The Life Line Episode 4. The Flames of Death | Show concluding with 2 reel Comedy. Secure vour ticket in time. ADMISSION B e 0w O el (Gene al linteance. ...... e e L 208, Beginning Thursday Evening “The Adventures of Marie Walcamp” THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS NO FEAR. London, June 14th Unfavourable yre- ports concerning the attitude of the mirers from the forest of Dean, Lanea- shire, Chesire and Welsh coalfields on the new proposals of the mine owners which the men are to ballot on, are being received. The Nottingham min- ers have decided to abstain from voting, on the ground that they were ecalled out on strike without being e nsulted. On the whole, however, the optimistic feeling is beino maintained that the two thirds majority required to continue the strike will not be obtained. In the course of a speech today My, Joseph Birkin a notable north country labour leader, thanked God for the failure of the extremists among the miners who thought to Russianize the country. The demand for a national wages pool had been a political idea from the first he said, so why did the leaders now waste time takirg a ballot, instead of admit- ting defeat. The leadership among the miners certainly seems to have become nerveless, as witness the decision in many district, counecils not to give the men advice concerning the ballot. Work- ers in these sections ascribe this to eco- wardice on the part of the leaders.