War in Waihi
- What did you already know about mining before reading this article? People
- Complete the ‘somebody/wanted/but/so’ chart below:
Main players
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What did he/they want?
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What was the problem with wanting this?
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What was the end result?
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Miners
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More money better working conditions
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The managers did not let them
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They got small pay rise but nothing else changed
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Shareholders
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Wanted miners to work so they could get more money
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The miners would not want to work
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The miner’s quit their jobs
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Politicians
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Didn’t stick up to the miners
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The police wanted piece
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The didn’t get piece
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Engine Drivers
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The engine drivers didn’t want to help the miner’s
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The miner’s wouldn’t work with the engine drivers
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They got their jobs back when the scabs came
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Federation of Labour
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They wanted the strike to happen
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There were business against them
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They didn’t get what they wanted
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P. M. William Massey
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He wanted the mine running no matter what
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The miners didn’t want to work
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They didn’t get what they wanted
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Commissioner Cullen
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He wanted war
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People going to get killed he
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He got a battle
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Scabs(free Labourers)
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They wanted the miners jobs
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The shareholders weren’t getting money because the scabs didn’t know what to do
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They kept their jobs
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Police
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They wanted piece
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The others didn’t want piece
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They didn’t get piece
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Fred Evans
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Escaped from the police
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He got caught by
police
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Got killed by a policeman
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Miners Families
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Wanted miners to work more so they could get more money out off them
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The miners were leaving because they weren’t getting more money
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Not straight away but yes he got from the scabs
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3. What can you say about the way decisions were made in 1912?
They were really bad and they wanted peace but also wanted money
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