LABOUR UNREST.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 916, 8 September 1910, Page 7

LABOUR UNREST.

WORLD-WIDE DISPUTES. -GREAT UPHEAVAL THREATENED IN WALES. -/ . EPIDEMIC OF STRIKES. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright., London, September 6. Mr. ■V. Hartshorn, the defeated Labour candidate for Mid-Glamorgan at the by-election in April, in a speech at Maestog, Wales,' said the miners were on the eve, of one of the biggest industrial upheavals of the age. The Labour leaders had plans, yet undeveloped, which tho workers ought not te anticipate. No one imagined that tho recent .five years' agreement would endure for'the full term; nevertheless, ■a national stoppage of work ought not to, bo undertaken except for something worth having, such as the nationalisation of mines. Mr. Winstone, a ..member of the Miners' Federation Executive, in a speech at Pontypool, Wales, welcomed the present unrest. He defended an increase of the Federation's subscription to enable the men to come to grips with the employers. ' Several sectional strikes in South Wales : are attributed to extreme Socialists. . : The South Wales coalowners estimate the increased cost of production on account of tho eight hours' day. at twenty pence per ton. '. ■..•...: THE SHIPBUILDING TROUBLE. London, September 6. . It is reported that tie Clyde Employ'ors' Federation will insist on the, Boilermakers', Society in. future fining offending members £6V. >■~ ' MEN OUT AT SOUTH SHIELDS.' (Bee. ■ September 8; 0.5 a.m.) ■'■..'.'■ ~ London,, September ,7.' Tie boilersmiths at" South. Shields have unexpectedly, commenced ah unauthorised strike. . V.■, ': /Considerable resentment is expressed on the. Clyde at the tone of> the executive's ,manifesto, and there may possibly be large abstentions from the ballot. : :. . i : : ;■.,..' •■.'.'. ..■•■.■■•■ ■■ , . Many. Tynesiders urge defiance on the ground that, the pressure of coutracts will force-the masters to come to terms. j CCINOILIATION' IN 'beITALN. ' (Rec. September 8, 0.15 a.m.) '."'.■' •'"'■.'■. London, September. 7.: Mr. Askwith, Cbraptroller.of tho Labour Statistical Department, at the Board of Trade, has issued a : Blue Book showing, that 2,000,000 workmen are affected by 262 existing Conciliation .Boards, and.that 7508 disputes were• settled during the period 1900-1909, a stoppage of work'.'pfeceduig tho settlement in only-104- cases. 1 ■ ' . . "'• ". : SHORTAGE OF LABOUR. c■'_..' ■■ Ottawa, September 6. .The work of construction of a large section of the Qrand Trunk Railway has been temporarily abandoned owing to the dearness of labour, the men asking 12s. 6<L a day. .: .• : ' :'■". ; \<] .', ' ' ATTEMPTED OUTRAGES. ' :'■ '." ." . Perth, September 7. Negotiations for settlement of 'thetram, strike.have fallen, through. ...'.'. /.A further.attempted outrage 'occurred , during ;the night.... The ■.controller bars of the cars were pulled oyer,,and when the,-, current was turned on two .. unmanned cars dashed .through' , tho barricade and passed over a plug of dynamite in which a' detonator was > imbedded. [ The cars missed the detonator, by a hair's breadth. : . •■',•'. .' ■ . Two plugs of dynamite were found on other lines.', :;.:..:> ■'~. I ;V' strike;at stettin.;; ■','■ -. ■■' ,-'■;''.• .-■;_'•'■/■...■'- Eorlin, September.6.: ; Thousands of employees of the Vullian yards, Stettin, , have : struck, ground that the employers taken work, for other yards"/that aTe idle.:' ■.■.•■■';-..■ ■ .: ■' ■■{';}., : . f ■; -.■. RAILWAY DISPUTE. l(Bec. September 8, 0.55 a'.m.)- ■:.',':.: . Adelaide, September 7. ■. The position in connection .with-the railway, workers' strike is • unchanged. Both sides are,.firm. . ./ .:■'•. \ The Vulcan yards at Stettin are engaged in the building of warships and ocean liners. •■ They havo five slips, each large enough for the construction of a Dreadnought, and, besides five smaller slips on which destroyers can be built; ■ They employ between 7000 and 8000 men. Labour trouble here .would involve the, delaying, of the German] naval programme. V . '