LABOUR DISPUTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 938, 4 October 1910, Page 5

LABOUR DISPUTES.

. SEVEN HUNDRED.MILLS IDLE. By rclegraph-Pross Asßooiation-Oopyriffhi; ..•■ : .' ■ Londonj October 2;: :-.-.. Seven hundred cotting-spinning mills in Lancashire. have been closed" quietly. :. :.: The (Prime, Minister is:continuing': his attempts to secure .a Bettlement. . ••"' The "■'. spinners "■■have- . atcumulated .£500,000 stotling, and • the:.cardroomerß v : ;. ; . /.v: . :.'. •■VV;-: : ,- The Federation of -Trades Councils yijl also,contribute'strike pay. ~■'.•• ■ '■':: : . .HIGHER 'WAGES DEMANDEp.;: ; : : ■ ', v Adelaide, October :3.h - .The employees .in.:the ; State. Government way and works yard have declined to handle pig iron at a shilling an hour,' and are asking for ...in -. additional threepencei ■ : ' •■«,.: ': ";; ■;;;";;. ','■ ..; : ';; . No/work, wae done on Saturday*. "-,••. •: FIFTY THOUSAND fDLE IN SHIP. ;,; ■:,'■: .-■ ■' BUILDING.TRADE.- . ! ..:f/: . : • : ;-;(Reo.-October 3, 10.25, p.m.) ' ■ ■v. , '': London, October 3, Fifty thousand shipbuilding employees are idle while'the negotiations, for; the settlement of. the are- proceeding..':,' ■:■ -.■ ■.■: •■: --■■..'■ ■ '.'-'■'■" •'"■' ■■The .weekly takings of. the Clyde shopkeepers have : decreased by eeventy' per centum'.. . ; ■• ■■ ;\' : '■'"/■ ■ dangers of unauthorised ■■;■. ■■; ,;;;., .strikes. ~',; :.-. : ;..;■■';' -(Rec. October 3, 10.25 ! p.mj; ! r- ':■ ■' ' ' Londort, October 3. The report .of.the Amalgamated Railway;' '.Servants'' Association; : says ' that strikes .without the executive's authority have been frequent .lately,'and ..unless, wiser counsels prevail the advantages gained during generations hardship , will,be destroyed.. "■.'.'■■', '■.: ' '■ MR. KEIR HARDIE',S ADVICE. (Rec. October 4, 0.10 a.m.) : London,-October. 3. Mt. Keic Hardie, in a speech at Dum'barton, said ho hoped 'the l boOor-makers would stand firm at any-cost against an attempt to imposo conditions derogatory to their manhood. , : •'•-..