LABOUR DISPUTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 570, 27 July 1909, Page 5

LABOUR DISPUTES.

. NEWCASTLE SHIPPING. A STRIKE FOLLOY/ED BY A TRUCE. DISCHARGE OF BALLAST. (By Tolcßraph.-l'rc33 Assoclatlon.-Copyrlihl I (llec. July 26, 10.15 p.m.) 1 , , Sytlney, July 26 As foreshadowed in yesterday's cablegram, tho waterside Woikors at Newcastle struck as a protest against ships' crows being required to discharge ballast. Shipping generally was thus brought to i* standstill. i Luterj through the mediation of tho Traffic I manager of the railway, the collioiy proI prietors and 'shipping agents agreed to meet the men in conference before Wednesday to discuss tho whole question. On this understanding, the strikers resumed work at 2 o'clock this afternoon. ' THE THREATENED COAL' STRIKE. ' I ' MINERS' BALLOTS. 1 " London,; July 25. ' Twenty-six thousand Lanarkshire miners J voted in favour of a striko'of Scotch miners, and tnelve thousand against it. ' In a ballot on tha question of a national strike, 46,303 Lancashire and Cheshire miners voted for and 5254 against. COTTON TRADE. 'SHORT TIME—AN INTERNATIONAL. AGREEMENT. London, July 25. Mr. C. W Macara, president of tho International Federation of Cotton a Spinners and Manufacturers, statee that sis of the leading European countries havo agreed to shoifc time for cotton operatives." Lancashire looms are not woiking on Saturdays and Mondays.