It was early in 1916 that the ( coal owners ' ) Mining Association decided that their relations with their workmen could not be the same after the war as they had been previously .
Coal owners appointed a committee to consider what was the best arrangement to make .
It was early in 1916 that the ( coal owners ' ) Mining Association decided that their relations with their workmen could not be the same after the war as they had been previously , and they appointed a committee to consider what was the best arrangement to make .