LABOUR CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1871, 3 October 1913, Page 7

LABOUR CRISIS.

« IN COTTON MILLS. j GRAVEST FOR TWENTY YEARS, j DISCMING THE WORKERS. i By Telegraph—trots AssoclQtkm-OoDyrlL'U London, October 1- | Tho Cotton Spinnera' Federation • Executive has deoided to urgo tho closing of tho milU on October 26. and '| that the.y remain olosed until all tho i Beehive troublo is settled. 3 Tho decision affects two thousand $ firms, witli a capital of fifty million pounds, employing one hundred thousand operatives. •.$ Sir Charles Macara, tho president ol '« the Federation, says tho crisiß is the | gravest for twenty years. As tho op- , crativos' leaders are unable to control ' ' tho men, a drastic step is necessary to ' enforce discipline. (Rec. October 2, 10.40 p.m.) j London, Octobor 2. , | The. Bolton Operatives' Association i has now authorised tho Beohivo strike, , i which continues until Monday. • ;j Tho Beehive operatives closed tho oot- i ton mills at Bolton, alleging tho tyr- . J anny of tho overseers—henco tho trow ! bio. ; "AT LARKIN'S SHRINE." i CAUSE OF THE DUBLIN STRIKIL. 1 London, October I'. Tho Board of Trade inquiry into th« Dublin labour dispute is being hold in public. Mr. Tim Healy, K.C., who is representing the omployors, stated that the causo of the trouble was the ter- ■ • minating of agreements at a ivinute'g notice. Tho Labour loaders had been exercising the greatest tyranny in order, to humble the masters, and had worn out their murrow-boncß kneeling at Larkin's shrine. DUBLIN RELIEF FUND. ■''Times" —Sydnoy "Sun" Special Cables. (Roc. Octobor 2, 6.10 p.m.) London, Ootobor 2. Mr. Hugh D. M'lntosh, the Australian sporting entrepreneur, has donated £100 to tho "Daily Citizen's" ro« liof fund. Ho has also tabled to Mr. W. A. Holman (Now South Wales State Premier) suggesting that -Australians might contribute. Tho fund now totata £4877. One hundred thousand peoplo are starving in Dublin. THE SHADOW OF TYPHOID. CHICAGO MENACED BY DEADLOCK WITH GARBAGE-REMOVERS. Chloago, October 1. As a'rosult of a dispute between the citv authorities and a garbage removing company, tho latter has refused to disoharge its duty by removing vcfuso, tovon hunded tons of which is daily, accumulating. 'J.'ho city is threatened with a typhoid opidemio. t The council is considering the question, of taking forcible possession of tho; refuse company's property, in order to abate tho nuisance. A HOUSE OF BABEL. THE SYNDICALIST CONGRESS. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, Ootobor 1. At tho Syndicalist Congress, the delegates were assured that the revolutionary organisation is progressing iu Franco, whero it _is regarded as the driving force' against militarism, patriotism, and capitalism. The proceedings woro noisy, the English delegates threatening to withdraw iu consequence of the personalities exobangod. Confusion prevailed for tome time, and tho chairman appealed for order, hut before ho oould be understood it was nocossary for tho appeal to bo interpreted into French and Gorman.