LABOUR DISPUTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1714, 3 April 1913, Page 5

LABOUR DISPUTES.

NEW SOUTH WALES MINING ' STRIKE. , HEN APPEAL FOR FUNDS. By TclegraDh—Press 'ieEociatlon—CoEyriglit (Rcc. April 2, 8.50 p.m.) \ Sydney, April 2. Delegates dispatched by South Coast mining strikers uro endeavouring,,to raiso funds in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Four bauds from the South Coast havo also arrived to play: in tlio streets of Sydney in order to enlist financial sympathy. Sir. Willis, president' of tho Illawnrra Miners' Federation, says tlio crux of tlio whole question is that tile miners want a substantial guarantee that tho legal power of dismissal ht-ld by tho employers shall not bo used for the victimisation of unionists in tho future as in the past. Tho Sydney Labour Couucil has circularised unions asking for financial assistance for tho dependents of strikers. Tho circular states that 4000 men' are on strike. Mr. Carmicliaol, Minister for Labour, will,meet the delegates on Friday with.a view to learning definitely the reasons for tho strike, and for tho purpose of making an announcement regal-fling , tlio Government's action. The Strike Fund Committee has decided, if tho mojiey is available, to allow 17s. (id. a week as striko pay, with 2s. Od. additional for each child' under, fourteen. ( - This will absorb iC2500 weekly. Large numbers of Southern coal-miners, fearing that tho strilto will: bo a protracted, one, aro leaving tho . district. There aro many complaints as, to tho inertness of the Government over tho strike.. •' TROUBLE AT BROKEN HILL. Sydney, April 2. Members of tho' Amalgamated Minors' Association ar.ul other unions on tho Barrier are carrying on a strong crusade against non-unionists. A whole shift employed at tho Amalgamated Zinc Works struck because four men declined to join tho union. 1 Subsequently the whole of the employees of tho Silverton Tramway "Company wore calle-l out, and traffic is completely stopped. The employees of sevcrai firms stopped work, because of ihe refusal of,tln> clerks to join tlio union. The troitblo threatens to spread. l ■ All tho unions are strongly supporting tho movement, and business is being seriously affected. , A mass meeting of the' Miners' Association decided to ask'tho Government to nationalise tho Silverton trams. (Uec. April 2, O.tO p.m.) Sydnoy, April !!."- Tho Broken Hill strike has been settled, and tho Silverton tramways will' resiinio 'running immediately. , (Rcc. April 3, 1.10 a.m.),, r .l Sydney, April 2. Later news from Brokoir Ilill-. states that (hero has been a recrudescence of tho trouble and the men-ate still out!" SYDNEY RAILWAY PORTERS ON .' STRIKE. ( (Rcc. April 3, 1.10 a.m.) ' , Sydney, April 2. Another big striko occurred unexpectedly, when three hundred railway porters at tlio Darling Harbour.„railway,, yard struck this afternoon, ''"flte 1 'strike 'was well timed from their standpoint,. ,as thousands of storekeepers throughout the country arrange to havo their monthly orders sent 011 this railways by the second day of the month. Drapers will lie seriously inconvenienced where 'they aro not heavy losers. ' NEWCASTLE MINERS;'; 'ULTIMATUM; ; (Rcc. April 3, i.lO a.m.) Sydney, April 2. An acute position lias develop,cd (i .on the northern coalMds.'' 'i'hc delegalie board of (he Colliery Employees' Federation has issued an ultimatum'-demanding ii oonfcrcnoo with tho mineowners, calliug on than to settle tho present difiicultios within seven days. , WELSH MINERS THREATEN TO STRIKE.;, London, April 1. . Fifty-two thousand miners at Rhoudda [Glamorganshire) and Rhymney : (MOll- - havo given notice that (tey . will strilw if the t fifty' thousand' "iioh'unionists still employed aro retained. A lliou.wind miners at Wrexham (Denbighshire) struck as a protest against tho Dinployment of non-unionisls.