- Title: U.K.: MINERS LEADERS CALL NATIONAL COAL STRIKE FOR SUNDAY
- Date: 5th February 1974
- Summary: GORMLEY: "I think the strike will start -- in fact I'm sure it will start - at midnight on Saturday night; just when the pubs close." REPORTERS' QUESTION: "So you're authorising picketing -- could there by any trouble with the police?" GORMLEY: "No, we shall invite no trouble with anybody. We shall organise peaceful picketing wherever it's necessary and it won't be the miners' fault if there's violence at the pickets. We shall be supplying identity tags to the officials so that the pickets will be easily recognisable. We can't say there won't be trouble because there may be other people ... (indistinct) ... that have nothing to do with the miners. But the official instruction that will go out is that we organise peaceful picketing wherever necessary." Q: "Now you are not providing safety cover during the strike -- is there a danger that some pits might close?" GORMLEY: "Well, there's always a danger when you're involved in a battle, it just depends what you mean. Because we have agreed, although we've said no safety coverage, we have said that we will provide cover if there an emergency, such as fire, flooding or methane or things like that -- in such circumstances we will provide coverage. But it must be after consultation with the national committee that has been set up. Initials SC/2243 THERE FOLLOWS A TRANSCRIPTION OF MR. GORMLEY'S COMMENTS ON FILM DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE: Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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