PINCH AT WAIHI.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1463, 11 June 1912, Page 5

PINCH AT WAIHI.

GAUNT TIMES. MINERS LEAVING THE TOWN CONFCKENCr. TO COMEI EDERAriO.N DENOUNCED. .(ny p'h.~l;rc^s;f .'r ■ ■ , .. . Auckland,. Juno, 10. w ; ft-.-ma ni-o- : - seeking-.; employment ■ in 'Auck- .. Jainl, while others.arc going, further, afield, i;another having-, ieifibyf the- Wim.••i«cra^foi¥{Sydn«y,'.U).iiiehf!.^;>'FroiH*'- those 4 * ..■lnen'somothinij'sof tho real , truth' as to the ■ : l!resen t. si tua ti on-;i 11. tho goldiields town wis-gloui-.od.by a "I!era"i(i" reporter. !;\kA! niurriod.iinnii, witli iivo children, vag yjimmgstfthosfi',spoken to." "I simply had l.tojgetiput,- Jho 'said,.;. ■ "My money had ..dwinuled and; dwindled," imii! I had no '" ,o ]'P; me for another .tor I mg-ht../; J t vasa cii.se.of getting work "I' WKrinif. atid I,:havon't come to tiiat .-.nojl'-.broko'a way and'have obtained em-ploymentUu-''Auckland.- ■ (Twcnly unions :-wmi<lti t.Jiaye stepped me leaving, when w;stiiy ineaiit.to.sos my-.-wifc and children ■ talk', of giving, out 30s. rpvrweek per man in strike pay, but,, tuko :.K?.fromy.me,i ; that's, nil talk;. Whoro nro going', to get it from?".'; . : There would, have been no strike if th» '.Triiole of us had been" consulted," remarked jono. of; the miners who sailed bv the Wimllw "slightest doubt about;,that.- One section of ilia men caused Uhejwholo thing, and the rest of us had ...to ■havot their 'ism' thrust down our " threats, whether we liked i& or not. Theri 'ism,' 1 and that is Social, ism. %!'<■' ■'-A . ■

the : strike . lasts another month," '.said another milter seen on board the. outgoing..'Sydney, boat, "the leaders'of tha; ■movojiieiiti stand .a big "chance of being dniinmed'.'.out of AVaiui. ■ ■ Nothing could have hap|K;iied that is better calcu'laix-d to' j.kiiock-jtlio l-Vdet-aiiori of Labour 1 cicw.i irighfiout;. ; kTjiC' trouble at Waihi is that; whilst'' there is a strong party of support.ers 'of.lho..'Arbitration Court, there are no orators'amongst them.-. - On the other hand. :.the".federation" supporters have, 'tho gift' ■.of.tho:gab,-and ran talk others into folr. lowing them ; blindly. Then., again,' the .'Federationists.. nro so intolerant that wo Who.-difi'eiv front : them aren't allowed to have an'.opinion of our own." - 4 Other miners from Waihi declared that .all. that emibied them to stay there as liirig as" they,'have dono was the fact that tho strike canic. «t pay lime. Tho money drawn then','. however,', is in most rases rim out inow.i'and the majority, of the men, especially; tiuvmarried. men,-not having uiucli saved. --■ - ■ "Jfost of 'them, married and (jingle, ar* now on their 'beam end?,' " said one of th# departing, miners,' "and matters su'O <err'ibly'serious.- Houses, for ijistnnce, which were let for 255. and !iOs, a week, are beiuff , rented, at present for 7s. and. Bs." , DIFFERENT STORY Ai;. ! (By.. Telegraph.—Press Association.) V- ■: Waihi, .hme 10. Z n ' At a mass meeting of miners on Monday tho attitude of tho Federationdeclining to.accept tho mine owners' condition that 'the Miners Union and Engine-drivers'" .Union must settle their own difference before the coisforcnce could take piaco was 'approved. 1 'The following resolution, passed, at the meeting, was handed over by the clip.irman (Mr. \V. M'Lonn&n) for publication with a statement that it had/ been carried without dissent: "This mooting of'tho"Waihi Workers' Union "refcui's and emphatically denies tho imputation circulated by thb capitalistic ureas' ."of tho Dominion (hat the strike has neen originated and is being conducted by n.. few individuals, and considers.tho allega?.; lion that the workers are being led. as an ; . : insult to the intelligent workers here."

. -' CONFERENCE NEXT TUESDAY;..; |r' ? 7 : '' "TIII) OWNERS' TERMS. %§!s '■$ Tho. conference between ■ representatives-;: ■■■, .'of-the Federation of Labour and of the Gold Uline, Owners' Association lias bc-r;i (it-finitely arranged. It will- take.;'. plnc-a 'at AVailii on Tuesday next'. MayvWope.Uj ;.. ingst 2 o'clock. f ■ Yesterday Mr. W. Pryor, . secretary.- or. z the-:Mine Owners' the ■ following communication- from : Mr.;. . J. Glover, secretary of tho Fedoration;of fLabour:-:' ' V> ''&£{■» "Replying to yours of Ui? t Sta- lnst., : " 1 1 am instructed to say "that it will not.;.::;bo possible for our representatives to; -; :' arrive at W'aihi Ireforo Saturday eflciv: . •>;■; ■ noon, and we will bo pleased if you '"' can arrango tho ■ conferoneo for'lo ■i ,'i.ni., Monday, June 17. Kindly let . know at . your earliest convenience if v.. this date will ho suitable.'. ' Mr. Prvor at mice cot into touch vrita! Mr; C. Rhodes, of Auckland, who is presitlf ivr. of tho association. and ■ received' ' from him tho following telegram. "If 15th unsuitable to Federation,*" /> Tuesday, 18th, 2 o'clock, next; suitable . . for owiiers." ■ ' ' This information was communicated.-19 << '• Mr. Glover, and lie agreed on. behalf «" -s the Federation of Labour that the con-; forenco should ..bo held on Tuesday,. at 2 o'clock. ' It was reported in a teiegranme mes- , . sago" ot yesterday nioniing that Mr. AV, ..,.; Parry had said at a mass meeting of. .< miners at • IVaihi that tho fact that i> f oonfercnce lnid been armiißcd indicntett that tho mine-owners had withdrawn ;. their co?;ditioiis insisting that members of tho AVailii Miners' Union must guarantee to work amicably with the engine- .--- drivers. Mr. Parry's long shot i.s in fact • ■ very wide of the mark. Al] the c-orrcs-'. pondenco bearing on this point lias ber-n published, ami 'the last word of the owners was that they could not interfere in or discuss the quarr'-l between ths two unions. Last week Mr. Pryor wrote to tho Federation as follows, setting out ■■ the owners' terms for. the holding of a conference-:— '"ram instructed to say that, tho - ..",'jmnc-ownors ore not prepared to in-. . interfere in, or to discuss the disputo s. .. at'present existiiiE betwwn the two ifunions at Waihi.' That being the casf, , unless your federation can nrranKe a . ■'.vseltlenicnt of that dispute, or is pre-.- ' ■ pared to give a satisfactory undertak- . :i':ing that iii the event of agreement be&■•:ins reached ill conm-ctioii with the, t: matters in dispute between the mine-' '■owners and tho Miners' Union, the ;f members of that union will work omic-i iSi.'ably .with the members of the Engine- , . ! :,i drivers' Union, the conference must -necessarily prove- abortive. It, will be ! obvious.to your federation that if -set- -iiof'.the matlm'. in disnuteas'-■X>-, £to. working' conditions; in . the mines ' ois arrived al. there must be a definite I ', guarantee that mining operations will .■ be...proceeded: with - without interrup--• i Stion.",,. , >;.'i ,: --' If, ■■'. ;'?-■■■'■ > :Si!ico':thcn His terms have "not, ,-yaned"-or.iinodified. ■ ■ -

RtEFTON POSITION. ' Telegraph.—Press Association.) Rcpfton, J\mo 10. •i. Matters regarding the trouble aro vefjf quiet.,--.;:. The decision of (lie- Crown "law •'officer!! .that. the troiiblo is neither a )oek«. So«t-nor"« strike is very, unpalatable hero. .'Mpsk'of tli<> men strongly- farour arbitn-, : tioit," niu! liiui hoped Mint Hip Court would; settle -the dispute. Vl'lie ofiicinl .section, however, sns fur .is can bp gathered, do. not- favourarbitration methods. Most of ,l!ie'married men have pot work on. tlifl■railway. ivories,-; roads; snul ■ olhos" initios, liul the weather iuis very seriously ;ifiVif-..'rd-their'.' eiirnini; capacity. i' I'i-osjiocHnjr" ■nWunviiiiV Howard, Victoria'-I?aiif»v has been stopped by the snnw, an-!-! lip men. ; had*;lo oon«!''!iiv. * A number of > the. siii'div men ire in town, but ,nnt --o r.ian.v ai mifihtijje^expeolcd., Tilings nre;yery;(]uietor/ieed. -'. *'■ ■'■ rCDCRATIONS following official.! s|-i lenient ii; ! 1 sheen.'received '.'fmiii' l\:ivra!(.ioir,iiiC cniin;-r!in-i Jw i;It; ; .lhailii l , ml. il.'ivii in' i;ib:-ui-.i!i'-|Mil(-; :

result;' of n full":\»d' vi;;iir:iiis -'ciissioif; e','.l!ii- V\'ai!'i . ;;nd- Keel loir- ilis-' 'pulesjby'lhe reeeiit renSereiice «if the I'clv icration; ofU.aboiir was io leave ill;' malted entirely - iii' ilie hainls'.of 'the iiation.-il ieeiilive;-;-aniD it is in". the power of (ho o:\oei\liye (-.j*ken))' the-'dispiites' sncti':i>ul oi'jjto'iiiuke Iheni penei-al. The oxeeu!im ha.sidei-iileii 10. eondue! an aelive earn-. '|i:>i(!U.' Wailu and Hoof, ton *nii'ii;--uinl"i)i pioinole pnblie meet'inßs in alt'- eenlle's. : - It is beiieVed that inectiiiKs-wiii eoiulenm the Meeisioii ol'-lhe I'roun !,av.- (Iflive it-speelln;,' IJ i .?> lvpii-slration of iv iiiiimiily of a trade, and fltfso-the 1 attempt lo introduce the single.' tinisfi(?<i \s •