MILITANT LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1340, 18 January 1912, Page 5

MILITANT LABOUR.

9 THE COTTON TRADE DISPUTE. HALF-YEAR'S TRUCE. THE COST OP THE STOPPAGE. By Telegraph—Proas Association—Copyrich* s London, January 16. The chairman (Sir G. R. Askwith) of D dho Conciliation Council's Cotton' Conference sat throughout the day, and then adjourned. Subject to tho operatives' approval, the L ! conferenco has agreed to tho resumption e of work on the basis of a half-year's . truce. The confwence haß adjourned till Friday to consider the details. (Bee. January 17, 10.10 p.m.) London, January 17. Tho cotton masters propose that if at > the end of tho half-year's truce Sir G. B. " Askwith has failed to find a solution of ' the non-unionist question, the machinery shall not be stopped without six months' J potice. 1 The masters' proposals will be submitted 1 to the operatives forthwith. > It is calculated that tt/3 stoppage has • cost .£6,000,000. The trade unionists have f spent .£200,000, and the spinners .£213,000. Professor Chapman F. Marquis, in a I paper read before the Statistical Society, 3 shows that between 60 and 80 per cent, of 0 the cotton masters began life as operas tives or clerks. 3 f FEDERAL LETTER-CARRIERS. TIME TO CALL A HALT. i By TeleEraph—Press Assootatton—OopjTieht 1 Melbourne, January 17. 3 The Federal Postmaster-General (the ' Hon. C. E. Fraser), replying to a deputa- } lion of letter-carriers who were airing . some grievances, said the Government i considered it had done a fair thing by 5 tho Postal employees. , He did not think there was any rea--5 sonable chance of it making any further - concessions this year, except by order of i tho Arbitration Court. In view of the 1 increases granted, he thought it was timo \ to call a halt. 3 THE LAWRENCE RIOTERS. s TWENTY-SEVEN' SENTENCED. [ (Rec. January 17, 10.10 p.m.) 5 , New York, January 17. The special courts were held at night j to deal with the Lawrence striko rioters. - Twenty-seven were tried and sentenced. 3 to terms of two years in a house of cor- ' rection. All the saloons have been closed. r EABBITERS' STRIKE, i Sydney, January 17. , The rabbiters' strike at Blayney has t been settled, the men accepting the freezing company's offer. 3 (Rec. January 17, 11.15 p.m.) 1 Sydney, January 17. B The president of the Rabbit Trappers' f Union declares that the recent trouble was due to tho operations of a rabbit combine. ' It jis intended to urge the Government to establish factories in or- > deer to smash the combine. B 0 ' 1 STRIKE OF CARPENTERS. ' Brisbane, January 17. t There is a strike of carpenters at, JTownst villo over the question of bonus-hours; Hitherto it has been the practice to pay i for forty-eight hours, though the men ordinarily work forty-seven. i 1 OVERTURES UNAVAILING. i Perth, January 17. > All overtures for a settlement of the 5 engineers' strike have been so far un--1 availing. (Rcc. January 17, 11.15 p.m.) '. . Perth, January 17. A, conferenco of engineers, boilermakers, . and ironmoulders with the Parliamentary . Labour party was abortive, the ParliaI mentarians declining to acquiesce in the 3 Union's refusal of the Government offer • of an increase of sixpence a day. i NATIONAL STRIKE VOTED. s London, January 16. , The London "Standard" declares that - 283,000 miners voted for a national strike i and 67,000 against. ) THE SCOTTISH MINERS. London, January 16. The Scottish Miners' Federation has requested the summoning of a Conciliation . Board to receive the miners' notice ter- ? minating tho existing wages agreement at } the end of six months. \ "■ COALGETTERS' WAGES. b London, January 16. The South Wales Conciliation Board was abortive, a meeting of owners refusing > to discuss a schedule proposing a minimum of eight shillings for coalgetters and s five shillings for other labourers.