GENERAL STRIKE.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18481, 8 September 1925, Page 9

GENERAL STRIKE.

AUSTRALIAN ACTION.

SUPPORT FOR SEAMEN.

LABOURITES' INTENTIONS. (AtTBTBAUAS AKD S.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received September 7th, 10.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, September 7. Mr Charlton challenged Mr Bruce to appeal to the electors for their judgment before putting the deportation legislation into operation. At the Australian unions' conference, commencing at Sydney on Thursday, and the key industry unions' conference, commencing at Melbourne on Tuesday, the delegates will take a definite stand against involving the unions in a general strike, and will urge that efforts should lie concentrated in helping the Labour Party at the Federal elect'ons.

Jacob Johnson, addressing a strikers' meeting, deprecated a general sympathetic strike. He said that at the present time it would be a general fiasco, not a general strike at all. The big issue in tho present up-' heaval, he said, was that of keeping the striking seamen. If the rest of the industrial movement struck, the seamen must starve. Therefore, a general strike would "play into tho hands of Mr Bruce and his crowd of ship-owning bosses." The British steamer Kotka has sailed from Newcastle, her crew having rescinded its previous decision to strike. WITHIN THE LAW. IRRITATION TACTICS. IN EVENT OF DEPORTATIONS. (AW ALIAS AXD H-Z CASLB ASSOCIATION.) (Received September 7th, 10.35 p.m.) MELBOURNE), September 7. It is reported that the extremist leaders, have changed their tactics, realising that the weight of tho industrial movement is against a general strike in the event of the deportation of any union leaders and have advised the unions in each State to hold a general stoppage of work for twentyfour hours, to be followed by job control and regulation strikes wherevor possible. HOLDUP FAILS. BRITISH SEAMEN BITTER. THREATS OF STRIKE LEADERS. (AUSTHALIAK AND K.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received September 7th, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 6. Mr B. Shinwell, organiser of the Amalgamated Marino Workers' Union, speaking at Hull, said that the Beamcn would continue to carry out guerilla warfare in their own way and in their own time, until they obtained recognition of their rights. He declared- that the strike was not collapsing. It was now only commencing. The seamen wero merely following the lead of the Trade Union Congress in opposing tho wages reductions.

The meeting passed a resolution in favour of continuance of the striic. Mr Tom Mann, speaking at Poplar, described the acceptance of the reduction in the seamen's wages without consulting tho rank and file as "damnable." The meeting passed a resolution asking the Trade Union Congress to enquire into the conduct .of Mr Havelock Wilson.

Tho newspapers agree that the efforts to hold up British shipping during the week-end signally failed. The bitterness of the, defeated seamen was revealed at Southampton, whero they stoned tho union > building, breaking windows.

A mass meeting decided to ask the Trade Union Congress for authority to organise a sympathetic demonstration of associated workers.

BRISBANE STRIKERS.

WARRANTS ISSUED.

(AUSTBUJAN AND K. 3. CABLE ASSOdATIO».)

(Received September 7th, 8.55 p.m.) BRISBANE, September 7. Warrants are being issued against 583 members of the crews of six British vessels held up in Brisbane.

UNITED ACTION.

LABOUR COUNCILS CONFER.

NEWCASTLE PROSECUTIONS

DEFERRED.

(AUSTBAUAS AKD 5.2. C4.BUS *BSOCTATIOX.)

(Received September 7th, 8.55 p.m.)

SYDNEY, September 7.

Addressing a mass meeting of striking seamen, Mr Fleming said ho had learned from reliable sources that seamen in other parts of the world were taking similar action to that of the striking seamen in Australia. A meeting of the Marine Transport Group adjourned until the arrival of the delegates from the Victorian group later in the weekThe agents of the Mia, at Newcastle decided to defor proceedings on the warrants issued against the members of the crew for thirty hours, owing to certain developments that have

Legates from the Labour Councils o£ all States are meeting in. Sydney on TlWa I" 5 "-* t0 formulate a *° hC * ° f un ted action on the deportation issue.