16 MAY 1926
The Prime Minister’s proposals for settling the coal dispute were reported to have been well received, but miners were still outside the wider industrial peace and coal rationing was expected to continue.
Railway companies hoped services would improve quickly after the end of the strike, although many railwaymen were said to be dissatisfied with the terms agreed between managers and union representatives.
Marshal Józef Piłsudski’s forces were reported to have secured control after fighting in Warsaw, with the country’s president resigning and a new Polish Government being formed.