LABOUR TROUBLES.
QUARRYMEN, BUILDERS, COLLIERSIIIj Idccranli.- l'rom A'-..rlnil.Mi -n,.„rrialii r Sydnoy,'November 1. . ~ Tho majority of-tho quarrymen about Sydney ill bo idle to-day, having, decided to stand out for an increaso of a shilling a day. : - The strike will affcct other branches of the building trado. In a few cases tho men's demands .have.been conceded. .. : , The coke works at the Clifton Colliery havi been 61osed, owing to tho strike of the miners, ARMY OP DEPENDANTS ASK FOR FOOD,' (Reo. November 2, 1 a.m.) Sydney, November 1. Most of the private quarries about Sydney are idle. The strikers, demand ; not' only an increaso of la. a' day 'in wages, l but-a tion of''working hours'from -48 to 44.' : The .hearing,- of the Clifton colliery strike oasc6 has been resumed. The-strikers (over 180 in number) decided not to attend the Court unless thoy are kept m ■ custody or supplied wUh Jood, -declaring, that'-.they are without the menns .to obtain food, and-could not-leave the district to got work, because of httving to attend tho Court. : "
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 5
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