STRIKERS DISCOMFITED.
PROMINENT CITIZENS TAKE' OFF THEIR COATS. (By Telegraph.—l'resa Association.) Timaru, May 7. Work is proceeding at Smit hfield to-day with a good number of killers. There are many applicants, but some selection (according to skill) is nccessary. At Pnrcora some free men knocked off •in 'sympathy with the unionists, but no difficulty is anticipated in getting free men.
The steamer Zealandic. came iu yesterday to load .10,000 carcasses of mutton, tallow, etc., but tho watersiders would not turn to. Tn the afternoon they; said that they wore waiting instructions"from the headquarters of the federation, tho same reply being given this morning. Tho ship's agents gave them till noon to make up their minds. The union not being prepared to give an answer at noon free labour was called for, and tliero were plenty of applicants to form a gang, some prominent business people taking off their coats to set an example. Those in authority state that for inexperienced men they got through the afternoon's work with creditable expedition, loading cased goods nnd carcasses and passing tlie latter into the hold and stowing them in very good time per truck.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 8 May 1913, Page 6
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191STRIKERS DISCOMFITED. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 8 May 1913, Page 6
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