LABOUR UNREST.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16432, 28 January 1919, Page 8

LABOUR UNREST.

THE MINING TROUBLE. (By Cable.—Press Aeeocifltion.— Copyright.) (Australian and N.a. .Cfcbl® Association.) LONDON, January 24. Tesume before Monday. v The "West Yorkshire °J? ers , communicated with Mmere sociation, protesting that did not. cause the sudden stoppage. that any workpeople have been locked • Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire collieries are idle, involving SO,WW miners. The owners refuse to meet the men until work is resumed. Several thousand miners at .a > mass meeting at Mansfield demanded that ~ Mr Snnllie should call a general strike of miners within two days and if that v fails, to call out the "triple alliance, comprising tho miners, railwaymen, and transport -workers. . , The> unrest in* South. Wales is spreauinc. The Bristol Channel bodermafeers are out in support of the wages mavebelieved that the reasbn.for the ' renewal of strikes.in Glasgow is that the advocates of direct industrial action ' are exploiting the shorter hours' agita- , -iion as a method of callmg a general | strike on Monday, unless a forty-hour week is conceded. This, resembles 1 ultimatum, excluding the possibility of j negotiation, and involves the employers unconditional surrender or a ' struca. The organisers of the movement nelQ a meeting at which they received-reports, from industrial centres m Engjand. and sent missions to attempt to bring the English workers into line. Mr'J. Br. Clyne presided at a meeting of the General AVorkers' Federation, representing a million unionists. _ 1 no meeting emphasised the "necessity for shorter hours to enable the absorption of a greater number-of demobilised men. RESUMPTION OF WORK. 1 (Australian acd Citblo Association.) * (Received January 27th, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, January 24. The coalminers are returning to worki All tho .pits are expected to be marking full tinio on Monday. TROUBLE IN BELFAST. LONDON, January 26. As a result- of the, municipal strike, Belfast is' without gas, trams, ' and light. * Many industries are closing • lack,of electric power. STRIKES IN PARIS. (Keutei's Tele-grams.) PARIS, January 25. The underground railway and tram* iray. employees have struck. Traffic is

paralysed. Troops are guarding the stations. The Government has decided to take over the_ underground railways and omnibuses in the city to prevent the stoppage of the services.. * (Received January 27th, 7.25 pjn.) PABIS, January- 24.' The underground railway, motor-bus, and tramway workers suddenly struck to-day, demanding better wages, holidays, and pensions. Only a few trains and 'buses are running. The stoppage is keenly felt, as the city is crowded with Peace Conference delegates, and their staffs. Taxi-cabs are reaping a rich harvest. A GLOOMYOUTLOOK. NEW YORK, January -So. The Director of Labour estimates that there are 10,000,000 people out <.f work in the United- States. He predicts a serious period during the trade adjustment. NO CHANGE ON THE CLYDE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received January 27th, 7.25 p.m.) 'LONDON, January 24. The engineers in London are holding mass meetings at the week-end. Most of thorn are still out. but all are expected to resume work on Monday. The position on the Clyde is unchanged. Trade Union officers and men fully I support the decision to strike on Monday, in order to enforce the concession of a forty-hour week, as a means of absorbing the thousands of men being demobilised from the Army.