Friday, 8 April 2016

War in Waihi

  1. What did you already know about mining before reading this article? People
  2. Complete the   ‘somebody/wanted/but/so’   chart below:


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





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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