INDUSTRIAL WAR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1331, 8 January 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL WAR.

COAL MINERS* DISPUTE. SERIOUS OUTLOOK, A WAVE OF SYNDICALISM. By Tc!ecraph r Pross Aesoci-iiion-CopyriehV (Rec. January 8, 0.20 n.in.) London, January 6. The South Wales coal owners liavo protected against Ihe South Wales Miners' Federation's proposed ballot respecting tho general strike- as a, violation of Uio WlO agreement, which is not terminable until lillfl. "Mabon" stales that the result of the ballot would probably throw a million miners out of work, and 7. r .0,000 tons of coal daily would be withdrawn from the market. Tho policy of stopping at nothing would imply loss of iil'o and property to wlibii previous struggles were u flea, bito, an J provide a great opportunity for Americans to export coil to Britain. The "Chronicle" saj-6 some arrangement could have been mado for securing to miners working in bad places a fair wage, but the policy did not suit tho men who had lately como to tho front iu the councils of tho Miners' Federation. They had been carried off their feet by a wave of syndicalism, and wanted a general stoppage. (Rec. January 8, 1.5 a.m.) London, January 7. The Northumberland coal owners have granted tho miners an advance of 1} per cent. COTTON OPERATIVES. LOCK-OUT PAY: A SEVERE STRAIN ON UNIONS. By Teleeraph—Pros* Association—OeßyrUht London, January 5. Sir G. R. Askwith's conferences with the masters and cotton operatives in Lancashire continue. - Tho first-few weeks' lock-out pay cost the local Weavers' Union .£75,000. ■ Fewunions will be ablo to stand the strain many more months. Some unions have been urging that they should go into bankruptcy'in a fortnight. (Rec. January 8, 0.20 a.m.) London, January G. Sir' G. E. Askwith's conferences with the two pnrties to the cotton trade trouble has been adjourned to enable suggestions to bo made with a view of settling the non-unionists question to be submitted to the' respective sides. The masters declined tho weavers' demand for a five per cent, advance. • THE DISCHARGE-NOTE SYSTEM. London, January 5. Objecting to the discharge-note system, hundreds of workmen in the Tyneside shipyards tendered their notices. Tho tnovemout against the notos spread to the Clyde. The representatives of Both sides havo agreed to meet and discuss tho matter at Carlisle, (Rec. January 8, 0.20 a.m.) London,' January 6. The strike in tho shipyards against the discharge note system is spreading in tho north, Employers state that without noles men leave their work unfinished,

WHARF LABOURERS. Sydney, January 6. •Uneasiness prevails regarding the position of the coastal and intor-Stato wharves. Tho men persist, in ceasing work half an hour earlier than tho award provides for,' and only overtime is worked after that by tho permanent staffs. Much congestion and delay h tho result of this action. Melbourne, January 6. A conferenco has been arranged between the employers and wburf labourers for Monday next. Meantime the work on tho wharves proceeds. THE LITHGOW STRIKE. Sydney, January 5. Mr. Hoskins has asked tho men to meet him with a view to terminating the Lithgow strike.