ON THE WHARVES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1891, 28 October 1913, Page 8

ON THE WHARVES.

INCIDENTS OF LABOUR DAY. Shortly after raid-day tlie Shaw, SaVill linei; Corint'hic camo. Queen's Wharf. It was thought at first t'hat there would be some difficulty ,in discharging her mails and passengers' l u BS a BSv, Mr- Munro, wharfinger, howover, liad a conference with the Strike Committee, the result being that the strikers allowed passengers' luggage and mails to- be handled without molestation. As soon as this order went forth strike pickets cleared their own men tff the wharf, and the Corinthic's crow and the Harbour Board's permanent , hands worked the ship. As soon as the i/luggage was all out the hatches were put on and the general cargo was not • touched. • , , During the whole of yesterday there . i was :'only one occasion 011 which ( trouble lookod imminent. Before tho Oorinthic came alongside the visual bar- , riersi wero erected near tho toe which . ' she was. berthed at. A certain section , of tho crowd,' most of whom wore not i'strikers, appeared to take exception to ! • this, and made a mild demonstration. , Tact used'by tho Harbour lioard offi--1 cials quelled the littlo disturbance, and ' , the incident ended. All. day yesterday it was heard on nil sides on tho wharves that the em- , filoyers were intending to use free abour to-day. From what could be I gathered this intention will not bo carried out to-day. ■ All tho steamers in 1 port, with the exception of ono or two 1 vessels, will be taken out to an anchor- ; age in tho s-tream this morning. Tho ' Northern and somo other vessels wero takon out last evening. Tho employers , have decjdcd on this course in • order to prevent the strikers doing damago. I It has beon reported that two steamers' ' mooring linos havo been cut since tho 1 strike began. j Two Rrresta—Not Strikers. , For tho first time since the trouble' 1 eommonced the polico arrested two men, < the evont occurring opposite tho 1 Waterside Workers' Union offices yes- 1 torday afternoon. Tho arrested men 1 ivero seamen from a steamer ,in port, and had nothing whatever to do with 1 the strikers or tho Watersido Workers' ] Union. About 2.30 p.m. two men were 1 observed to make a disturbance in the ] vicinity of the union's offices. A crowd i fathered quickly, and two policemen i who were in attendance told one of the 1 men to ; take his mate away and save 1 trouble. After some difficulty the moro I