LATER MEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1596, 13 November 1912, Page 8

LATER MEWS.

HUNTING THE FEDERATIONISTS. EXCITING INCIDENTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) .■ Waihi, November 12. The federationists were chased by the workers whenever they appeared. On one occasion a federationist was suddenly espied, and in a moment the crowd rushed him. police, seeing the lnovo,-rush-ed to intercept them. Two or three con-, stables-seized the man, and ran him down' the street to get him away from the crowd. ' After taking; him a short way they let him go, but.he was no sooner by himself than the crowd gave chase. The ■police also ran, with the, object ;of protecting him." At Wynyard's Corner -he was caught, roughly handled, and sent sprawling to the The police again surrounded him, and pushed ■, the. crowd back, and ultimately got. him into a butcher's shop. . The crowd yelled, and attempted to.push their way in where the unfortunate man lay huddled on the floor. There were, about twenty police on the soene,, and they prevented any of the crowd entering, and.partially succeeded in clearing them. A Great Race. . The man was then escorted into Eosemont Eoad. The., crowd attempted to' follow, but wore prevented by tlie police. The man was eventually set free, and started off at a run.- The crowd again attempted to get past the police, but were; stopped* It then looked as if the mail would have got clear, but suddenly a" worker fleet of foot slipped past the police, and then a great,race ensued. The federationist fled for his life, while the worker, followed closely by the police, pursued him. One of the constables outstripped his fellowmen, and gradually lessened tho distance between himself and the Tforker. Tho latter had got within a few yards of the federationist, when the constable overtook arid grabbed him. The federationist then got clear. away. •> ..:;'.";':;.-'. '- • Just, after this incident, a local; boot-', maker, a 'pronounced'-red-ragger,- received . the attention k latter rushed at hirii,'telling hirii to clear out. Before the polico could prevent it, the man was hit and knocked down. The police got round him, and while ■he waa on the ground him; but found no weapons other than a heavy file.. He-was then escorted to safety by the police. It is reported that a federationist who fired a revolver.tltis morning, luckily with-;-out injury, took to his heels as soon as he had fired'the shot, and has/since eluded discovery., ... ' . The Safest Place. ■In the early part of tho riot a prominent federationist, and husband of a leading "scarlet runner," appealed to the police for protection, as he felt himself in dan- . ger irom the arbitrationists; The police hardly knew what to do with him, but ho solved-the difficulty by suggesting that thoy should take him to the lock-up as being the safest place in town. In the exciting state of affairs, the polico fell in with the suggestion, and he was accord- . ingly taken to the' station. • / Revolvers. Revolvers woro taken from several .federationists' pockets' during the forenoon. Bands'of workers, ranging from, 100 to 200,. hava bean roving the outskirts of the town. Hearing tliat,some'women were being insulted, a band of workers made for the locality. They caught one federationist, and before the polios arnved on the scene they gave him a rough handling. The mounted constable keeping watch on the workers hunted them off.iand placed a temporary guard over the home of the federationist. THE STRIKE DECLARED OFF. MR. KENNEDY EOUGBXY HANDLED. Waihi, November 12., Mr. Kennedy, acting-president v of the Waihi Miners' Union, took a hurried departure from Waihi. He was rather badly handled by a hostile crowd at the station/and bears marks of-hands that were laid upon him. Ho told «-constable that the strike was off. Mr. Kennedy, before leaving his house on Martha Hill,, asked for police 'protection while en route to the railway station. Two. constables. escorted him down to Moresby -Avenue, where a number of workers; rnshed towards him, and' Mr. Kennedy told we «scort he would go no further till mere police arrived. Mr. Kennedy then went into a'friend's house and waited there till the arrival of the mounted and foot police reinforcements, the escort numbering about a dozen. When they got to Devon Street, tho crowd broke through the police guard, and'severely knocked Mr. Kennedy about. At this moment a passing vehicle was brought into requisition, and Mi-. Kennedy w.as put into it and driven : to' the railway 'station. .

MEETING,OF THE NEW UNION. CONDITION OF THE INJURED. >" (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Waihi, November 12. Members of the new union, held a n.oss meeting in.the Union Hall. The build- ; irig was packed. 1 Air. Rudd (president pro tern) addressed' the meeting. 'He explained that, in view of the faot that they had among them .a number of financial members of the federation union, they had a perfect right to the use of the hall. He went on to say they had put up with,-insults to themselves and their wives and families long enough at the hands of the Red Rngger9, and that certain of these individuals should be driven out of the town. ■ It was unanimously decided that theso men, of whom a list had been prepared' and read to'the meeting, would be given forty-eight hours' notice to clear out.of the town, or take the consequences. Several prominent members of the new union gave short addresses, applause and '- cheers' greeting each at the conclusion of their remarks. One speaker emphasised the fact that the hall had been built for.workers and miners, and that he hoped in a very short time the new union ' would be in legal possession of the building. Votes.of thanks were accorded the Government for sending police to Waihi, and to tho police for their conduct. The proceedings terminated, with tho 6inging of "God Save the King." ■ : '■■ This afternoon thero was not a sign of ' a single fedevatiouist. About twenty fert- : erationists, including a dozen women, loft 1 AVaihi by tho afternoon train. A few ■ moro left by a later train to-night. A £tnk lq&4, jotttajalpg fcn» Red Fedenitifta,

families, left for Paeroa, and,a cab with the wife and children of a prominent federationist, drove away to Paeroa at 8 o'clock. .Another "Fed.," in his eagerness to leave the town hurriedly, sold-his furniture, the wholo lot being purchased by a second-hand dealer for ,£2, By the aid of X-rays, the bullet has been located in Constable Wade's body. It entered slightly to one side of the mid' dlo of the.abdomen, and passed round to tho right side for about eight inches, where it lodged. It has not yet been extracted, but serious results are not antici. pated. Evans is suffering from concussion of the- brain. Ho is unconscious, and his condition is very critical. A number of applications from "Bed Kaggers" for protection have been received by the police.