GENERAL STRIKE NOTES.

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

GENERAL STRIKE NOTES.

11l the Square. Yesterday \vas a very tjiiiot day in th« Squo.ro, no addresses being given. All day littlo groups of strikers stood at tljo comers, their subdued conversations and glum faces betraying their feelings. :A. party of iuouutod ajid foot special i police was fvta.ticimcl in the SqUafo all day to guard against possible trouble.

Tiio Patcena's Firemen. tit secretary of (ho WoUmgtoh Braneli of the Institute o'£ Marine Engineers, asks that a contradiction should bo tniido of tho stiytcy tiionts t'ljmt engineers kiok the place of firemen in the stokehold of the Vatcnna on her recent trip to li.vttelton. The' stokehold was, lie states, more thai), ciently manned by firemen.

On {lie Eve of tho Arrests, On Tuesday evening—the evening of tho arrests—a parti: of strike ci '-s, With the .Watcrsiders' Hand, jotirnoyed to. liower Hint. A meeting Was held ut tho lk'llevue Gatdehs, and sovc- - ral speeches we.ro .given, Tho crowd at t'hisi meeting was not largo. Tho parly their marched to IV-one, headed by theband. A crowd of about JSOO -people had gathered on the Recreation Ground, but th« proceed <■ wore orderly. Messrs. Curtice, Sentple, Glover, Farland, arid others, addressed tho gathering on behalf o.f tho strikers, and appealed for assistance for the wives and children of tho strikers,_ Mr. Farland, referring to tli» published remarks of Messrs. Renrdon and Bftrr, thundered:. "I can take a blow from . tho employers, but when I .find ineii like these thai "have lived 011 tho workers acting traitorously it is hard to bear." 'Mr. Glover, in tho course of his remarks, said: "If tlio Employers' Federation had: their way,, some of us would bo wearing slmrt. trousers with the hen-tread mark# on." j Labourers' Notions. Tlio Port Chalmers Marino Labourers' Union has forwarded to thei Premier resaljtions protesting against'-thli action, of the Government in arresting the strike leaders.; also to Sir Joseph Ward appealing to him to see that tlia workers" and their leaders obtain fair '■■ play. Flat Denial. The Dtfne.di.il. Commerce Protection ■■ Committor! eiii.plKitic.ally de nies that- any employer from it or the Employers''Association has approached tho Strike Coiumitted wiil.i a view to discussing the question of a settloment, arid "it invites the Strike Committee to supply tho name of any employer whom it is stated has m approached it. Concerts for the. Spepfals. The big Drill Hall at Buckle Sheet has developed into a. veritable homo of harmony. Each evening a party of local amateurs invade the camp for tho purpose of '.giving light entertainment to the "specials," who make a most appreciative audience. Last x evening a capital entertainment was given by the members of the Orphans'' Club, and a series of further entertainments is being organised by the Citizens' Defence Committee. Relief ForceSi Some eighty of the Wairaiapa mounted "special?" »to returniiig to theft* homes at the week-end to sec how filings are moving Oil their respective fawns. Their places will be taken, by a similar iiumber of ii.ew hands from tho saitia district. ' . Green Feed. Thanks to the thoughtfulness of somo T;lutt farmers a liberal supply of green feed for the. horses has been, criming into the camp at Buckle Street. Other people jiavo wrjttcii:' tb < tlvo authorities indicating where plentiful supplies of grass can bo obtained in vicinity to the citff. {Continued on page. 10.)