IN THE OTHER CITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1905, 13 November 1913, Page 9

IN THE OTHER CITIES.

detected strikers.

THE ASPECT AT LYTTELTON. (By fcleEraph.—Preeis Association^ Ghristchurch, November 12. Tho morning of tlio thirteenth day of the strike was a repetition of the dullness which has settled on the port of Lyfct-elton. Discussions of the situation were held by groups ef dejected-looking watersiders. The. startling news of tho arrest of .Messrs. Somple, Holland, Bniley, and Fraser added zest to the discussions, and, outside of the strikers' ranks, general satisfaction was expressed. What the strikers themselves thought could not be ascertained, as none of them were, prepared to openly express their views to outsiders. There seemed little doubt, however, that u'.anv of them were profoundly impressed by the stop taken. The manifestoes is=t)«i from day to day by the Strike Guiiimttee have been designed to show that tho men are hopeful and determined, but they are scarcely borne out by personal observation,

A meeting was held in; tho Coronation Hall this morning, when tfaoro v, w «> a fairly large attendance. An address was given by Mr. J. P. li'letsner, an sntimilitarist. It was notice-awo that many of the men when they left the hall to go to their liom.es looked anything but hopeful. They walked silently across ■the railway yard and up the streets, and all wore a. very serious and thoughtful air. The continued idleness and tho news c<f the reopening of' tho ports and tho enrolment of wa.tersido workers to' fresh union labour is having its effect. There Were nine idle ships in the stream to-day, and inside the breakwaters, The port presented a sad sight. Two or three little coasters and a fleet of coal-hulks were all that occupied tho berths at tho wharves. The only vessel due was tho forry steamer Maponrika, which, maimed under tho sanio conditions _as tho Pateena, left Wellington at B.S p.fn. last night. Tho steamer Northern, from Now York, which was held up at Wellington since the beginning of the strike, but has finally discharged her Wellington cargo, 'is to sail irom that port to-day for Lyttelton. On her arrival to-morrow she will anchor in tho stream. It is understood that arrangements have been made to erect barricades on all tho vharvos at the port, and work is to be started in discharging steamers on Monday morning next.

A sinkers' meeting was held in Victoria Square to-night, and tho following motion was carried: "That this meeting of Christchmeh citizens opposcs absolutely the introduction of speeii-al police into Christchurch on the grounds that there is absolutely no necessity for tlioni, seeing that the striljtrs at Lyttolton have' behaved themselves in a most orderly fashion."