THE SLAUGHTERMEN

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 5

THE SLAUGHTERMEN

V. i;/, ! ; COMPANIES ; CONFER TO-DAT;... 1 ' » T ° -< %' tne " representatives' of the ■ New , Eealand. freezing companies • meet once 'more: to disouss .tho, deadlock . in .the slaughtermen's dispute,. and it is-under-stood that.thev'will, determine some definite'and final action. '.' ' ,". ;: What that action will bo no one, not Even a representatives, of individual com- ■'. P a ?. 103 :; can BaT; w 'th certainty,' but the Indications aro that .the decision willnot l'• he to.offor the men 30s. a hundred, ,!.••'■ ■ ,Tf some, other, offer la■ made, and if the . fren \refdae,'to accept it, tho companies ;■ inusttako steps ! to run their works 'as ;- toon asmny bomith free labour, or close ..'•■■■ down'for the',season. .': ;• . if; -. , 1 .- ! Aniiinber of the have made .:- (some nrrangenieiits or inttuiri'es.' and they fcay/that.they can-ninn tho killing boards.; .' On 'the other-hand, Mr. M: J. Rcari ■ ,to; • s'ecretafy, of; .tho--'Slnußhtermen's , Federation, informed a Dominion re. ; potter yesterdays that he had been in tpnch with a humber of the smaller com- :. panies in the .North Jstand, and that, whild none'of thbm had offered to nego- .'; tiatc with' the.union, all: had seemed ,V pnxious 'hot to break Off .communications /.■.'Wtoge'thei.:'v-:.'-;-;'.-.''i:i'.-;\v!. ■..'■■ i v:; :: ;. [ ', ,■ ;-.i'There:the matter restß at,the moment 'V.-iDnt''the .complexion of ''things -should : change: during*;the day.•'.Meantime, the .farmers, the works', employees, and .tho 1 company shareholdoi'iih are awaiting with ■,-•„ some anxiety '.the .decision • of;the companies, in ;conference:jas36mbled to-day.' •

'■■iUi'X ;:in;:(3h'ris'tohurch s ' .:; '; ; ,; : i.'.'tßyV.Telegriph.-iPross•: Aiso'oiatl >nj.' ,-.'■' ,v:V'" ,; r : r-''' i! :;-''"Chflrt«hurch 1 , January i) 6.' i'' ) '!.Still; n rnarklhg;' ; timo "/j-rtesfti'ibesi;".' the ,v .'in"Cnfltdfbi(i l y'inir-.'re-: .'(peOf'to the slaughtermen's strike,' There "aromas yet/no indications of the Slaugh'.termeh's Union giving Way;' 'and dimem?b'er"bf\'tlib*'Uriion; infonrieaV' a; ; reportef *that : 'members'; were/prepared'-to fight to the bitter . end..lt\ls. possible, that some •way.;, out;, of the existing deadlock-will r doejded upon by' the' conferejuo to - : bo •hmdvin 1 Wellington^to-morrow,, but;no information^beyond ;the -fact lihat two ;ibcal':freciting companies; will bo -repre- , minted at the conference' was, obtainable,