THE SLAUGHTERING DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 5

THE SLAUGHTERING DISPUTE.

BOTH SIDES WAITING. ASSESSORS APPOINTED. ;- Both ■sides':in the 'slaughtermen's diV puce; locally,' seem. to be. playing it wait-'.' >' -./v ing game at present. The. Conciliation; Commissioner (Mr..' I'. Hally) has,'; how- • .'••■' ?! • eve?, made a step forward... The. Slangh-;.;i. ; js termen's: Union being still- uawiUing\to./3l>-;| appoint assessors' to represent'. tho Conciliation Council,' . Mr.> Billy':! appointed /.two, as : required by the, Ho.visited,Petone : yesterdayi'niorning and/ secured, .for this purpose, of Messrs, II.: Ryder and G. G. Martin, . : .'/.i' both.of whom are retail butchers at' Pe-VT.: : --/; tone, doing- tlieir own killing, '/and .both-'-i'/S/' /were formerly , employed as. slaughtermen; at, the local works.-; ■' Their' names were j5 Si suggested by both parties to : the dispute, . though-, quite unofficially so 'far as'' Slaughtermen's -UMon/is,con(^ed.'>;':';i&i^'|! , i Hally-states that' they have the ennti-' 1 ,- donee of both-parties, .and-so,far i as. can: see there: is ' every.:reason '.to, beliSvo'?s that the Conciliation; Council asnowcon-'.'?:'-K s'tituted will achieve satisfactory, .res It .will meet', at-. Mr. Hallo's office morrow afternoon; and-the hopes: that it-will be ablo. to come to. somo decision the -same day, and issue iti'.i'.: w recommendations on -Thursday . The //employers' : representatives waN-r'SS; Messrs: Pi. D. Sladden,-. Tripe,'"and;i:'ii« E C. Corner. -• J

LOCAL MEAT SUPPLY. ( WILL IT BE AITECTED? Householders- have, been'; asking tfiixfc. •;'•,• ;?.j ously whether . the< threatened.-/strike; the; .slaughtering/: trude''.will: - affect supply; of : ineat. for -local consumption.;-So ''H'?®] far. the• dispute seems to -be • confined!;toi/fv'iSl the works .which' kill ■ for but/ seems 'that, even if the trouble,: d6e3 not;-. //,V;| spread .further, -it may/.cautio serious -m-;!#s>] convenience to somo of . the local butchers and their customers. : It . is- stated;,that :'about;half of tbd:meat: city is killed at'the.Wellington port C6mpany , s' .works '.at The • Gear shopsVinWellington.About 'five; Wellington'.butchers'are teffl ting: their; meat. killed' at . abattoirs '.laddeirßraiV-'o{'Job^iiTni^;'aie'in:C^;ff'4^ trol. ascontractors to ibe :It. is not;expected- that, eitberi the'imuni-^|;,;a bipal;. abattoirs house ;killihg 'far. be. directly: affected. by'. the. possible Btrik^?fe; IS IT PEACE? S EMPLOYERS MISUNDERSTOOD. * \ 1 .:Unless in : these hot deg daysa yearainjtfeM 'for fi{?ht; should;-, make. impossible, '.there seems, every; excuraifor.;K'j;;;?i -regarding: a: settlement 'of the elaughteri;.ijf-,'>;J men's/ deadlock: asVfeaeible.?;; It : \is 1 that tho workers, on -.their. part, :would/';;p";-1 .not' have .'demanded.': the ; increase ;if ; the'/employers had [ vary the terms of. the agreement-in i important: resp'ec£s. ; - learn. , -that>?/;i , .-.J employcrs,: on tlieir. are .not 'ir-;-; ';//':j reyocainy :wedded v to • tlio < variationst tUatJ were at first published as 1 , being'.' ted. At' all events,' '.the . terms J we-' are -. assured, : on "■■} good .y/'authbrity,-' would; .be .acceptable .-: to,/, tllo .._ panics do not appear to : have. been' put;.;with sufficient the ■ men. : VV Tho ■ iutlibrity .: states thai the .intention' in.regard-to :th#;;;,|.; ! ::a hours of working .was not as far-reaching;::.;;'/:'! asi seems .to havp:;been{generally.;:Un4er7.;;;f'|rs3 stood.' The rootlof the 'trouble; seems/to;,, ■exist in the definition,of; the .eight-houry/;'-!?.'] :day:-/- v;/'3:;/ : ;'V; :, -• What is it that':the/. employers, really.;r.;i;;| waut?:;Tne.:men:seem;'tb;,haye'.,understoodV;r:;M that'.the-employers'desire'that; the eight; : : t : s;j| hour day.shall come anywhere between the: hours- at- 7: a.mJ and 7. p.m. !■/ But .'this';«/'-?;; •» .contradicted.'./ .There (ii-iiA' intention, wo. / J A learn, that, the - ordinary-rate; of pay shall yi j/| after o p.m. ' It appears; that thQ .: :;;: ' old agreement contained' no provision for £>• !•',? work, escept-on - SaturdayE.', To;/ remedythis omission,^V/.tbe'("employers :wished''to' : provide, '■ment," for a range, of • overtime hours not !Ktmdiiig''V.feybnd;:7.' , after s■: p.m. • to be 'at the. rate ofvtae-;;;!. 1 ,!/©) 'and-a-qu'arter, ■' Some , other. • i .'HJ; ;(Borthwick's,'.: for. instance), permit/' the./»f;;^ eight-hour ;'day : ,;to ;,be'placed anywhere /;;/;?': ■behveen 6 <i.m. and 6 p.ni.,- at thc em-',: 'ploy.ersV, option; . The ; W,ellingtpn om- J ;:;iri 'Ployers, merely/asked for the -'option of;;:,;r starting .'the - dayi at /either,/;?; or.B,:a.m.''/':/; it appears that,: somo'. convenience;: would /.;:(; follow in ' the ' working ;,0f,./some of;" works if tho ' slaughtermen, started {-.;an, -.; ! JjV; ;hour -earlier ,tban tho'other, hands; so .as,-' to;v have. work ready ;for the ;hands,.to' take up; at; eight o'clock.V This ■point/ however, seeihs. to■ b6 / stillVopen. rediscussion;- 1 if, the men are earnestly ; desirous : of'- peace. --. In- tlio event of " tlie ;-,:,-/ agreeing .>,to the - clause enabling them to-be'summoned to work at : ;'.; -7-a.m;,. their .day'sSwork would' 4; p.m., and; any., workdone ■ afterward 9 ; ;;;v:-:, would earn; / / wage-and-a-quarter. /.; As to'i "waiting time," 'it seems: that/.this; wouM/ : -;- j;- 7 .;- be included -, and/ paid - for .as part .of the ; eight-hour- day. '.-/iv: In; view i of' this: .version /..of 'ployers* desires it would, appear reason-, . . able to-' expect i that the / losses; and bit-; y, ;terness; of:• a - strike .may •' possibly .'be. averted., / It is -true, of course,/jtnat,tho;, : preparations:' for war - are - continuing. - ,/; but . tliat,:: no "doubt, is merely, because, ;. ■we modern-men' all know that/preparea-/: :/. :,//; ness for war is the •peace:/ For ' the .rest, 'one ■ trusts tUat :; / -:.: 'lt'-may.beVs'afelyvleft; to-the; clear.-heads of'the men most concerned. ,- •ft ' THE DISPUTE ELSEWHERE. i

MEN WAITING WELLINGTON '' ' DEVELOPMENTS : It is understood that as'a result of; the";;!:;,: recont secret - conference of. the .New- Zear land SlaughtermenV-l'ederation; at the different ineat'works throughout.tlia;.,/. r : Dominion' will- stand, or.--fall t • by*. settlement that--is''effeeted-ui-That is to : say, that: if-any-.- mcrease-.w. the- killing rate, ;or . any ,; other of importance. isV obtained ellmgton, '; ,; as the result of the negotiatiops that:-.Kj : take place,: ilio same will be uemanded at , .the'other 'works. . If • on- the other hand, the status -quo'"'is;-maintained,, -it sunied thatthedemands,; which" been made elsewhere;will;,not 4)e.pressed. THE POSITION AT GISBORNE. * '■ (By"- Tflieffraph.r-Prcas.^Association.)..;; ; Gisborne, January 10. : bf, the -local freezing: coinpaniM SlaiighterlJieii'B' s Tlniort'WM-'h«]a--on^sA&g^2.^ urday. Nothing was then arrived ; at.-, • ; A reply' was 'sent, to-day. by .thß. cpm-.g.w,; .that- .they. ablo to 1 the demands being tettled :; at once; and for -tliis purpose .jro^d.facih--^ tate/ ; "in proper methods; under tho i provisions the . Conciliation ' aiid; Arbitration' Act. ■It'.is';understood-that the ■ referring vtheir. • reply;? to .W ellington, and will- await ' instructions from" headquarr ters. vErovision . is-• being ;;inade ;o>y-- Uj? local' companiesagainst" any , lmmediute strike; - Stock isj being : accepted; atf:the s/; ? & ',works only, on condition that it is to be • returned -in, the event; of -cessation; ..f work ; Somo fifty butchers and;4oo hauos i'.-fij; will bo affected by a strike. r • , ; ; .