War in Waihi

1. What did you already know about mining before reading this article?
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	They wanted better mining conditions	No one was listening to them even when someone died	Some miners died and also go replaced by new workers
Shareholders	They wanted more money from the mine	The miners were on strike and weren't in the mine working	The scabs came along and took the miners job’s
Politicians
Engine Drivers
Federation of Labour
P. M. William Massey
Commissioner Cullen
Scabs(free Labourers)
Police
Fred Evans
Miners Families