INDUSTRIAL WAR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 913, 5 September 1910, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL WAR.

THE NEWCASTLE RIVETTERS,

NATIONAL LOCK OUT. ■ ' " V ' SECTIONAL DISPUTES AND A x WANT OF DISCIPLINE. By TdeEranh—Press Association—Copyright. London, September 2. As an outcome of a dispute between tho Nowcastlo rivetters and the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation, tho latter has notified that a national lockout will commence to-morrow.. Fifteen' thousand boiler-makers . will be affected. It is expected that as a result of the lock-out 70,000 persons will be rendered idle. Until the Boiler-makers' Society guarantees that the national agreement to prevent stoppages of. work will be fulfilled, the lack-out will continue. (Rec. 5 p.m.) London, September 3. The rivetters contend that as, regards vessels built on the Islierwood system tho longitudinal framing' meant harder work, and the usual piece-work scales yielded an insufficient wage. Pending the preparation of. permanent conditions the Employers' Federation and the Boiler-makers' Executive signed a provisional agreement last, week. The' rivetters this week repudiated it, and the executives' efforts to induce them to resume work have been unavailing;

The trades union secretaries at Wearside criticise the boiler-makers' want of discipline. ' ■ There have been : sixty sectional disputes within the federated area since the national agreement,last ye'ar, including fifteen, in August.

ARMED WITH HATPINS. . '■-' ': : .■ '■" ' >- GIRLS FIGHT GENDARMES, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright; Parts, September 2:> A strike of. 300 milliners' hands in Paris led to • some exciting scenes. The strikers wrecked a shop in the Rue Reaumur, and there ■ followed a fierce struggle with, tho 'gendarmes. The girls were" armed. with hat-pins, waist-belts, and scissors. The faces of the gendarmes were cut, and their uniforms ■torn. ' The threat to use a fire engine had the effect, of' dispersing the strikers. One hundred arrests were made.

AFTER NINE MONTHS. ON THE'POINT OF EVICTION. By Teleffraph—Press Association—Copyright. ' (Rec. September 4,. 5.5 p.m.), ■ Now York, September 3. .. After, a nine, months' strike, 70,000 clothing makers havo resumed work in New York. Ten thousand strikers and their:families were on. the point of eviction from their homes. ' (Rec. September 5, 0.25.a.m.) •New York, September 4. The strikers in , the clothing . trade practically secured their' demands, including a nine-hour day. ...

RAILWAY STRIKE. / ' . 400 WORKERS IDLE.' O Sydney, September 2. The- strike" on the railway construction works is spreading, and'the. balanco of the men employed on the constiuction work, and also tho employees aS the Government quarry, came out to- day. making 40') idle labourers. ; The union leaders state that if a settlement is not reached by Monday it is likely that the, repairers along the lailways in the country will join the strike. ; ''■•■'-.-,' The Stato Premier, Mr. Wado, haa left .on a visit to the far north. .

THE PERTH TRAM STRIKE. TALE OF NATIONALISATION; Perth, September 3. The tram strike continues.. Adoputation asked the Premier (Sir N. Moore) to .nationalise' tramways. He relied that he would favourably consider the matter if asked to do so by the municipal bodies concerned. (Rec. September 5, 0.25.a.m.) Perth, . September 4. Another ,tram "cable was cut on Saturday, seriously delaying the traffic. CABMEN AND BY-LAWS. Calcutta, September 2. Four- thousand cabmen have struck at. Calcutta owing to the harshness of the municipal by-laws.