 The government, citing the lack of unanimity of the commission, declined to implement its report.The government responded to a strike by the Yorkshire miners in July 1919 by planning measures to maintain the mines during the strike.In April 1921 the miners went on strike, seeking equalisation of wages between coalfields, but the unity of the triple alliance collapsed, leaving the miners to fight on until hunger drove them back to work on Black Friday, leaving the employers (who had come together in the Mining Association) in control.