Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 709 Daily Salary

1910 is not 2010, and all countries in the world are very tough on workers' strikes.

In 1914, workers in Colorado, USA, went on strike. Capitalists including Rockefeller sent troops to suppress it by force. They used heavy weapons including armored vehicles and heavy machine guns, resulting in the death of more than 200 workers.

In 1926, the British Trades Union Congress announced a national strike over the issue of miners' wages. Winston, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, took a tough stand during the strike and suggested that the army use machine guns to disperse the striking miners.

The day after Stoudemire returned to Johannesburg, he held a meeting to discuss how to deal with the Marcellus gold mine strike.

Roque did not attend the meeting. After the meeting, Stoudemire came to Roque and Marcus Beaufort, hoping that the Johannesburg City Government would give more consideration to the suggestions of the mining union management when dealing with the strike.

"We can't compromise. Although the demands of those Africans are not high, if we compromise this time, there will be endless troubles--" Stoudemire has a firm attitude. The Mining Alliance is the largest source of tax revenue for the Johannesburg city government and even the federal government. Their advice is indeed to be heeded.

This time, the requirements of the miners are actually not high. Their initial requirement is to improve their living standards. They should not only eat potatoes every day, but also have some meat from time to time like the Locke Gold Mine. After all, mining is an industry with very heavy physical labor. Without enough nutrition, it is indeed impossible to support high-intensity labor.

Out of the consistent virtue of the French, the management of the Marcellus Gold Mine agreed to the miners' request, and even gave the miners more benefits on this basis, including one extra meal per week and more rest time for the miners. You can take half a day off every week and so on.

Human greed is unlimited, and Africans are indeed very good at making progress. Soon they have more demands, including improving the working environment and living environment, raising wages, getting the same paid vacation as whites, and mining accidents. After that, they can get the same pension as white people.

Only then did the management of the Marcellus Gold Mine realize that they had opened a Pandora's box. The development of the matter was out of their control, and the strike finally turned into a riot.

"If it's just the Marcellus gold mine, it's easy to meet their demands. The problem is that there are 37 gold mines in Johannesburg. If we compromise, what will we do if the miners of other gold mines demand the same treatment? What should Africans ask us to do? We invest in the mines, we buy the machines, and we hire them to work. If they feel that the treatment is too bad, they can refuse to accept it, and incite others to force us to submit by means of coercion. Trying to get a part that doesn't belong to them is a crime, and we must not compromise." Stoudemire is decisive, and more is considering learning from past mistakes and avoiding future ones.

"If the problem can be solved in a peaceful way, it is better not to shed blood." Marcus Beaufort also knows that there will be endless troubles, but as the mayor of Johannesburg, Marcus Beaufort has to consider more.

The use of force to suppress this kind of thing will definitely cause bad effects if it is spread out. Southern Africa is not monolithic now. There are many reporters in Johannesburg, not only from The Times, but also from Orange.

Those reporters in Orange wished that the military and police would take coercive measures.

"The Mining Alliance is very firm on this matter. We oppose any form of compromise and hope that the city government can fully consider the interests of the mine owners. We have raised 18 rand for the aftermath, except Marcellus Gold In addition to mines, each gold mine is [-] rand, this is only the first sum, if there is not enough money, you can continue to raise money." Stoudemire is indeed rich and powerful, and he directly used money.

The 18 yuan is definitely not used for after-the-fact compensation. If coercive measures are taken, even if the strikers are injured or injured, according to the practice of the Johannesburg mine, even if compensation is paid, it will not be enough. The money is for the military and the city of Johannesburg. As for the distribution of the government's remuneration, Stoudemire will not interfere with how Rock and Marcus Beaufort will distribute it.

"Why exclude the Marcellus Gold Mine?" Rock was curious, not knowing that the Mining Alliance could do that.

"The performance of the Marcellus Gold Mine this time is very disappointing. We have decided to expel the Marcellus Gold Mine from the Mining Industry Alliance and auction the mine to compensate for the losses caused to the Mining Industry Alliance. It’s our collective decision.” Stoudemire has a good reason, don’t the French like to vote, so use voting to drive the French out of the Mining Union.

"If tough measures are taken, Aiden's safety may not be guaranteed." Rock said the ugly words before.

"If possible, I certainly hope to rescue Aiden before taking action, but if not, I will give Aiden's family a large pension." Stoudemire is really ruthless, and has gradually become A qualified capitalist.

Rock nodded, having already talked about this point, Rock of course chose to maintain the Mining Alliance, after all, Rock Gold Mine is also a member of the Mining Alliance.

Of course, if this kind of thing happened in a mine dominated by Chinese workers, Rock would definitely not handle it like this.

Ah bah, this kind of thing will never happen in a mine dominated by Chinese workers.

Looking back, Rock still needs to communicate further with Stoudemire: "How to deal with those smuggled mines?"

"What else can I do? The industry is self-correcting. Ten years have passed since the Boer War. At the beginning, it was relatively casual to determine the ownership of these mines. You can buy a good mine for a few thousand pounds. Now the Federation The government has stabilized, and the Rand mining area should serve the federal government better. These mines have not been dug for more than ten years, and the owners of those mines have already recovered their costs. Some people even live abroad, not in the south at all. Africans, there are more and more people who have opinions on the Rand mining area, and we always have to consider the opinions of the majority.” Stoudemire has said so much, but in fact, it is just one central idea, and the Rand mining area is about to change. .

Rock nodded speechlessly. Back then, Henry bought the Matilda Gold Mine for only 1500 pounds. Although the Matilda Gold Mine is not considered a rich mine in the Rand mining area, after all these years, the Matilda Gold Mine has been dug out. The gold mine is more than 50 yuan, and the same is true for other gold mines. When Rock bought the Rock Gold Mine, it was calculated on a square kilometer basis, and the price was similar to free gifts. How much gold has the Rock Gold Mine dug out over the years?

A whole Rand Bank!

It has been nearly ten years since the end of the Boer War. In order to restore the gold production in Johannesburg as soon as possible, most of the gold mines were sold at almost free prices by the Transvaal Governor's Palace, which made it cheaper for the speculative capitalists. On the contrary, the powerful people did not benefit from it. This situation will definitely change. Sidney Milner, Marcus Beaufort, and even Owen, these upstarts in southern Africa are all eyeing the gold mines in Johannesburg, but some The owner of the gold mine is still taking the initiative to die.

I'm really tired of living.

"I am collecting information on the Anglo-American Mining Company here. I will force them to transfer the mine after the next Mining Union collective meeting. However, this work requires the cooperation of the Johannesburg City Government and the Federal Government. After all, the Anglo-American Mining Company also has a background. Yes." Stoudemire knows the seriousness, those mine owners who have no background are fine, but mine owners with backgrounds still have to be careful, and it depends on the owner to beat a dog.

"Don't worry about the background of Anglo-American Mining Company. If you have any questions, you should communicate with Lord Beiyan. The Times is a good tool. We must make full use of it." Rock is sinister. As soon as the "Times" reported it, the federal government did not need to come forward, and the questioning of Congress was enough for those big shots to drink a pot.

That night, good news finally came from the Marcellus Gold Mine. The strike miners agreed to Roque's request and decided to send representatives to the Johannesburg city government for negotiations.

So a negotiating team including Rock, Stoudemire, Sidney Milner, Marcus Beaufort and Sam was immediately formed.

Sam was a lawyer before becoming the general manager of the umbrella company, so he had the opportunity to join the negotiating team.

What Rock didn't expect was that Stoudemire, Sidney Milner, and Marcus Beaufort all strongly opposed Rock's joining the negotiating team.

The reason is simple. Roque is the Viscount of Nyasaland, and at the same time, the Deputy Minister of Defense and Deputy Minister of Justice of the federal government. There is no need for Roque to directly participate in negotiations at this level, and he cannot afford to lose that person.

Even according to Stoudemire, even negotiations are unnecessary. It is better for Rock to directly order the troops to attack, so as to show the toughness of the military.

In any case, at [-]:[-] am on August [-]rd, the negotiations were held in the Johannesburg City Hall as scheduled.

Rock chose to sit in on the hearing.

It is said to be a negotiation, but the format is no different from that of a general trial. Sidney Milner, Marcus Beaufort, Stoudemire, and Sam are sitting on the rostrum, with the scorer's table and Rock's seat on both sides. There is no fixed seat for the representatives, only a chair is placed opposite the rostrum, and only one miner representative can speak each time, and the others have to stand in the corner ten meters away from the rostrum.

This arrangement is very symbolic, but even the representatives of the miners participating in the negotiations did not feel that there was anything wrong, so the negotiations began in an extremely strange atmosphere.

"—Gentlemen, we demand that our salaries be increased from the present one penny to one shilling—" More was very domineering when he was in the Marcellus gold mine, and when he came to this court-like situation, Steamed fish feels the majesty of the official.

"Weekly salary or monthly salary?" Sam didn't give Moore too much time, and Moore was interrupted by Sam just as he opened his mouth.

"Daily salary!" Moore was sweating profusely.

Really, if this is a weekly salary, how can the miners live!

(End of this chapter)