War in Waihi
- What did you already know about mining before reading this article? They used dynimite and picaxes to mine.
- 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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Better working conditions and better pay.
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The shareholders wanted big money.
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No they didn’t get what they want. #
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Shareholders
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Wanted money.
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The miners didn’t get a what they needed.
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Yes they got what they wanted. #
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Politicians
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They didn’t do much.
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The miners didn’t get what they needed. And a war happened.
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Yes they did.
A war broke out #
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Engine Drivers
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To keep on working.
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The miners didn’t want to work with them.
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Yes they got what they wanted. #
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Federation of Labour
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They wanted the strike to happen and to support the minners.
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The shareholders wanted the opposite.
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No they didn’t. #
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P. M. William Massey
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He didn’t want the strike to happen.
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He wanted the minners to work.
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Yes he did. #
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Commissioner Cullen
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He wanted the strike to happen.
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Lots of people where hurt and some killed.
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Yes he did. #
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Scabs(free Labourers)
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They wanted work.
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People lost there jobs and fights broke out.
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Yes they did. They got work. #
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Police
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Peace in the town.
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But they would have to work hard to get this.
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No. They didn’t get peace #
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Fred Evans
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He wanted what the miners wanted
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The fight and the shareholders
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He died. No he did not get what he wanted. #
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Miners Families
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Money and there husbands to come home and food on the table.
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The fights and the shareholders.
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No they didn’t get what they wanted. They moved away. #
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Mine Manager
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He wanted money and no strike.
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The miners wouldn’t work.
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Yes he did. He got money and new minners. #
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3. What can you say about the way decisions were made in 1912?
The decisions weren’t made as wisely as they are now and health before wealth. #
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