From Newport, Wales, to London is roughly 200 miles by road, and by road a small army of 400 unemployed miners, old men with sticks and young men with fresh complexions, set out last week to present a petition "in boots" to Parliament calling attention to the suffering and distress in the Welsh coal mines.
There was a sharp tang in the cold, raw air as they started merrily to such songs as the "International" and the "Red Flag." Leading the procession were red flags and the two banners which read: "On to London, the seat of our trouble" and "We...
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