NEWCASTLE DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 5

NEWCASTLE DISPUTE.

..; .;,, '.■;■■ ■■,••;! DLE SHIPPINβ?.^- ;■':•• ■■. STRIKE 'AT .STEIKBES'V By Telegraph—Press As6ociationT-OoDyiJclit, •'::>;;■■ U:.:3-V;i-;'.:i Sydney, , ; January: 3;:;? The aggregatejtonnage; o{ the shipping; lying at Newcastle s -awaiting, coalf.is 142,225 tons. .'■■ ■,--V\ '.■■:.,■ ■~■;;, ■-■;;;. :;■;.. .The . strikers' . co-operative. J mines .at Newcastle (Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend) will 'probably! resume 1 - work',to-mor-row, .the) difficulty, with /regard. to, the striko .-. levy " having ; been overcome.,.'.'" . ■:: [Thei ; :Eb>wv Main ■. and: ;To\ing;Wallsend mines i ; were;. workedy. for .a'.;, short .time by.. strike'■■'- labour V : .under : ■ a"'.','cooperative, arrangement Hvwith'; : the prietors,; who: are outside the Coal: Vend. Mr. Bowling; the originator .of ;'■; the strikers' colliery; idea,'.''thought;' that,■;by the sale of-the coal at strike prices, the owners would be well paid, the men would be -well paid, and there 'would be plenty of money left'to" help! the'strike funds. '■'_ But" : the Railway,; Commissioners stepped'. in '] and ; asserted' right :. of: first, purchase, over'i'the.xoal,..at, a Teasonable price. .The 'miners 1 working: &'' the ; two mines accepted with' protests-a: 10-per .cent.; levy ■; on; their". wagesv to'., N aido: the strike funds,--but \when .'the .; levy. ; was raised, to 25 per cent their spirit of; selfsacrifice was .apparently unequal' to' the added work ceased.' It is , .noV clear from, the: cablegram-.how .the difficulty; over the strike levy has ■been:'over-come-fwheth'er:,the'i strike:''.management has given- w,ay,, J .or, the\mpn?] :■' •;,■..,, ■..' :■■'»

COAL SHORTAGE m VICTORIA. Melbournei January, 8. The steamer Zambesi has arrived here with five thousand tons of Japanese coal. Manufacturers .are,almost at their wits' end this week to get sufficient coal to carry, on. operations.

"DEATH-KNELL OF STRIKES." LABOUE VIEW. BALLOT BOX THE FUTURE ■WEAPON. Tho Sydney Labour Council last night (says tho "Sydney Homing Herald," ot I December 24) pluoed on lecord a minute .of -its executive : ;protes'ting : against-the. amendment of':the Industrial- Disputes: .Act.;>;:. ; K?• K..:"i ; - -'.■': ■':' : .'V;v'- : : \~. ,;-■■;-: ;■; The mover .was ; Mr.' Farrar, .vice-presi-dent,' and v the.Beconder.Mr.: If ayanaghi :: wh0,..;. amid -/ of '■;.:■ approval, made: the , ; following;: statement.Jin- regard to ; the.: recent strikerr-/V tc;W.K;v/'\^..-p:-. "I:ain sorry'the Act was not even .more J .drastic. ; It; has, taught although our : Labour. .Council ■. is,' strong, '■ and?' our I. unions are: sttong,'--; there; ■ is/ ■ a■,•.-".power, stronger than our,-congress-and all—the Parliament of 'thecountry; :■" (HearJ- lieariy It is -. to'-;be; hopeil l .; that it,; will:. teach : us that.: we. 'have' ■ \q\ look' to "the.! ballot-box '■ :as : pur; fighting: grpuridUlt. should if 'it does .;not. -/(Hear,-' hear.); :•■ Nothing: that has-occurred in: the, past can bring-home more truly to.ns ; oiir:exact position-when we -, see -.such legislation ' as . in connection ■with ; the.' / present,■'-.,trouble.'-lYom';.th'e ! start ..there: w.as riot the; slight-! est- sympathy'! or consideration ■' for - : the ■workers.; 1 The:employers'.'have;-'done just as; liked; ; -and : we. ; cannot ;,even\hate a : meeting Avitlipiit-/police.;, surveillance. Federation"; can;:; have meotingsi connive;' starve the workers' intosubmission, :and- break ;the olaw' : without interference: :I:liopp'we iwon't'forget:this lesson; and,that when ; \the!;electtons'Vcpme ;tho i where, .to■.'fight;'■;:■;,. V •,-■''-•.■•'; ■!'.■:;':.. : ' : ';-''-':.:. '-'•"■■'•'.V:.:'•': : :; : ■':.'. "This ■ new';'law'■•'is.'the: death-knell". : of ;6trikes^,'We;.liayevto. ; realise;it:'iThe: : only .way; to-.redress the 'grievances is:;to get the-reins:!of: power.: vlf 'whathappened;here;;had-! happened; 'in Bussit wo could understand , it.;lt,isa : pity. ; .thing' lite ■ it'/did :not tbccurVyears',:agp: ; It jWbuld^havoc:punished-: us :more arid forced :the workers'to;', realise itheirvtru'o ' : ::i:.!yi):y:\ ■ ; '''-['i'\ i :';^t:':,:- ! :- : K "It'is-tho.-fduty-'-of'-'tho'tcoundil{td'Csee: .that; that which , occurred'.'afterV 1890) does - ;;-:occurV-n6wV:\v''VVe:'.arb.:-.-npt. , .goiiig;',.;'t6. bury, ourselves ;m : 6ur?.hbles:'arid-;,letfo'ur-organisations,, disband.-simply'.because we khave: not;ig6t';what: : we";cttme^ J ont'ViforV ;(Cheers;)7: -We wilLsay:-..-Ton - hayWj.taken: .weapons'vf rom. :; us;','' ';but ■'.- therejf is::"a! -.stronger.' one :that:cannot us,:arid-a'.':better}orie';in'>the,:lorig-1 get "'the/: reins -of ,-p6vrer! and govern , , 'the !b6untr^'for.- ; tte-- l Eeople."', ; v'-'(Applaltise^)'.'":' ; ' : ', Mr. Duncan::But;leavo the' Act on the' Statute-Book,.and later*ba/turri'it-against ,tho -employers.;'' ■■ (Laughter.)•':■!■;>> : • • ; -■-s'v ■'■■■■ ; ;v isino ; g'pod/>blaming' the vLabour party. ■■ They are'a-.minority, and: can-do: nothing.-It is ourselves'-that ;are;tb:.blame; ; use the money and. machinery at our disposal to. secure;.a'imajprity;'in:ithe'iParliament pf-the country.'.- (Applause;)■ir'^TV^;-;-■'- '-■■', Following ( i:is : ithe.- recommendation•-the-.executive;;caTried^■■.o^J'S">■* 4'."= ?:■■ v . :-.-' : --:j :. That-, council'..places-- , on."record''its 'emphatic \ protest.;againstV the 'latest' ■■ indus,tnal ..legislation;.of which'■;• seeks to ■ prevent'-redress .of■ .the. J o '?.' just' grievances' 'of :;the' .coal-iniriers :by i arrest..- and , -,:imprisorimerit v .:of :ttheir: ■leaders.-!'':.;:■« ;ij v,:i,-;:;-.j : ; .t;,^;::Vs i ;'jV ■'■■~ j. ; :'•! Thevprolonpd':,Kos^i^ : .'bf,-the':QovernV ;ment. towards ;, Labour has"at: last -culmin-'pariio/legislatibri.-'such' as^'taraishes, the';>Statuter no. other- ci^lise'd ; -'cbmhiuniiy.'^ ; : '%'-.':: ; 'v'i - ; ; ; Truly, -i'there:'is' -ibut ,: - little 7 .-attitude. ; ptvthe. notorious ;Vend, ..and;, .that'.,of ■;the ■■'■ ..Government;-, towards •unionism.' j.^achseeks'to , : grapple Labour ■by,the;throat, and strangle:it Tnto abject, -submissipni;,. .The, one by;;thei;-power of I wealth, the, other by the authority of the Jaw. .';.-■.''-.•:■:.:■>;: ?'.'.; , ■■' : :.\:■';■[ -'.. '•if : [\. '/■['"it' A :-/ '■ , A 'ded' partisan; press ■■ aridOby; 'the' plaudits-of the Qot.oxistence j ,is .not; to.'.regulate-/conditions -tnat tend;::tp; , people- but to,misgoverri-ithe country.:iri' t ? e direct interests of the'avowed enemies /of.- labour,-;-':on>.-whose r the' 'latest industrial;; legislation. has; been i