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WATERFRONT ACTIVITY.

■ - « PORT NEARLY NORMAL. SIXTEEN BOATS AT THE BERTHS. ABUNDANT LABOUR. • IY'TTELTON.READY TO UNLOCK. \ MYTH ABOUT S.S. MOANA. . BACK TO WORK MOVEMENT IN AUCKLAND Waterside Workers, when they broke their agreement, were being paid Is. sd. an hour ordinary time, 2s, 2d. an hour overtime up to 10 p.m.; 2s. 3d. per hour overtime 10 p.m. to B x a.m. For •.•■','■■' special work special rates of pay were provided, coal carriers, the highest paid, receiving 2s. an hour ordinary time, 3s. an hour " '.' "overtime/ • ■• Friday, October 17.—Shipwrights asked for increase in wages. Saturday, October 18.—Shipwrights ceased work. ■ Monday, October 20.—First mass meeting Waterside Workers' Union, ot which it was decided to call a "stop-work" meeting, to be held at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21, Wednesday," ' October 22.—"Stop.work\ meeting of Waterside .Workers' Union held on wharf. While men .were attending meeting, which; being held in working hours, was a breach of agreement, other union men wero put on to work in their places. Union desired that "stop-work" riien.be reinstated in their positions, and absolutely refused to work unless all of the men formerly employed at the various jobs were reinstated. Employers decided that men's action in knocking off work and refusing to go back in breach of agreement terminated the agreement with the union, which had been entered into in 1912..,, r .V/atersido Workers'. Union hand control of strike over to the Federation of Labour. Waterside-Workers' Union strikes. ■ .; Thursday, October 23.—Big mass meeting of strikers. Wharves picketed. Union S.S. Company pays crows off colliers. Free labourers commence v/ork. Negotiations between strike delegates and employers : ..fail. .Report of intention of Waterside Workers' Union to register a .second, .union undor the Arbitration Act. Speeches in the Post Office '■-'Square ■•:■ • . ; • Friday, October 24.—Scenes of violence on the wharves. Conference of Federation of Labour delegates proves abortive. Employers decide '- '/to cease work as far as handling cargo is concerned. Fifty police guard '" •**« , ther wharves,. Warehouse clerks work cargo in small steamers, ~ --■■'■' '.. ' ■'.. ■ ■ ' • ! •>■■•■ Saturday,* October 25,—Further scenes of violence on wharves. • Steamers Defender and Nikau rushed—crews intimidated. Police from country* arrive. Employers issue a statement to the effect that no ' watersiders will be employed until a fresh organisation be formed and ■ ■"""r.'e'grstesred under Arbitration Act. Watersiders decide to continue 'strike: Harbour Board pickets the wharves. Sunday, October 26—.Mass meeting at 2.15 p.m. in Post Office Square. Procession to Basin Reserve. Gate broken • down by crowd. ■•;• Inflammatory speeches by strike leaders. Monday, October 27.—Labour Day and a holiday. Observed 'by strikers as well as the public. No change in the situation. Tuesday, October. 23.—Conference between employers and employees, with Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister, as chairman. More police N arrive. S.S. Nikau rushed., All steamers move to an anchorage in, the stream. Racehorses allowed to leave for south. Wednesday, October 29.—Employers' proposals from previous evening's conference submitted to the watersiders, and rejected. Raid made . -on flour and-'other provisions being sent to;bay!s BaybyCobar. ■ Goods , subsequently'allowed to be shipped.' ' Further violent speeches by agitators in the Post Office Square. ' Encounter at night between suspected free labourers and strikers at Waterloo Quay. Auckland and Westport watersiders strike. ' / Thursday, October %o.—Strikers assault special constables, Waterloo : Quay fence broken down and horses liberated. Men of H.M.S.- Psyche •on parade. Psj-che's stores landed from Ulimaroa by bluejackets. Mounted constables parade streets and charge strikers in Post Office ' Square. Three hundred special constables sworn in. Onset on Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs' shop; constable severely wounded. Prime Minister states the Government's position., Lytteltoti watersiders strike. Saturday, Nbvomber I.—Quiet day. Employers enlarge their strike committee. Large bodies of specials arrive from the country. Skirmish'es with strikers in town. Wahine's crew givo notice to strike. Oamaru watersiders join strike. Sunday, November 2.—Deputation from combined Labour bodies to Prime Minister with proposals for settlement. Mass meetings at Newtown Park and Opera House. Further contingents of special constables arrive. Wahine laid up in stream. Strike pickets withdrawn from wharves. . Outlook for settlement more hopeful, dreymouth Union come out on ■■■ strike. .■''.'.. .■.'■,,, . '' Monday, November 3.—Wahine's men come ashore. Wellington branch of Seamen's Union decide to strike if. fres labour is employed. Negotiations between employers and workers entered upon and adji/urned till-following day, Mapourika enters ferry service to replace Wahine. Government steamers held in readiness for mails. Serious riot in Taranaki Street, special oonstables being attacked by mob. Several persons injured—three seriously. Revolvers used. Mob indulges in window-breaking and other damage. Tuesday, November 4.—Negotiations for settlement broken off on employers stipulating on union registering under Arbitration Act. Em- > plovers refuse Harbour Board's invitation to meet workers in conference. Mass meeting of strikers at Newtown Park. Hinemoa's crew give notice. Two special constables severely handled in Tory Street. Attempt to block cartage of straw to .barracks. Mayor closes sevon hotels in evening. Royal-Tiger-Hotel besieged. Two men arrested. Wednesday, November 5.-Racehorses fpr New Zealand Cup Meeting shipped on Maunganui for Lyttelton by free labour. Mounted special constables guarding tho wharf stoned by crowd. Eight arrests made and about thirty persons wounded in the melee. Thursday, November D,—New Wharf Labourers' Union registered. Members commence v/ork loading the Athenic at Glasgow Wharf. Wharf approaches guarded by mounted and foot "specials." Fine display "law and order" troops, who were cheered through the city. City "specials" paraded for first time—make a gallant show. Stone-throwing ceases. A quiet night. ■ Friday, November 7.— S.S. Athenic, Willochra, and Moana worked ■ by Arbitrationisis. Moana's crow leaves ship, and Willochra's deside -to follow. Union Company's permanent hands join strike. Wharves guarded by special constables. Saturday, November 8.-General strike in Auckland, special constables take possession of waterfront. Waterside Federation invites new Wellington Union to affiliate. P. J. Bassett arrested on charge of attempting to murder Commissioner Cullen. Wellington seamen decide to come out. \ Sunday,.November 9.—General stfike called in Wellington. Mass meeting in Opera House. Monday,, November 10.—Drivers' Union > decides to join tho strike. ' Goods carted from wharf to warehouses under escort. Seven thousand out of work in Auckland. Work increasing at whaYvos. Tuesday, November 11.—Four strike leaders, Messrs. Semple, Holland, Fraser, and Bailey arrested. Members of Drivers' Union ■ stop work. More steamers worked at wharves. .„,, Wednesday,.. November 12.-W. T. Young, Secretary Wellington Seamen's Union, arrested. , T. Barker, organiser for 1.W.W., arrested at Auckland. All strike loaders under arrest remanded for a week. Oversea and steamers worked in Wellington. Goods carted from wharves without escort. Thursday, November 13.—Building Trades' Labourers' Union joins strike. New Arbitration Act Drivers' Union formed. Nine steamers worked at wharves.

The yesterday presented an ummial scene of activity, and the day wa_s_ tho busiest on tho waterfront since tli(!.,.Jirst Gutbreak of tho striko. No foiijor than seventeen vessels wero workins; cargo, and fivo others wero coaling. Tho J)ig iron gates at the head of the wharf wore open continuously through tho (lay, this also for tho first time sines tho beginning of tho striko. Tho now Drivers' Union was register?!!, and among all classes of strikers ;;n increasingly general desiro to return to work is being evinced. In Auckland, r!sa, the strike is rapidly falling to P Tho orators of tho Federation of Labour made a. reapjpearance in tie Post

Office SqnaTe during the afternoon, and welcomed into their midst the I.W.W. organiser, Thomas Barker, wlo arrived from Auckland during the afterneon. Barker, who is on bail, is to appear in the Magistrate's Court next week. The United Labour Party is urging its members not to join in the strike, and there is littlo likelihood of'any spreading of the trouble Tho malcontents in tho General Labourers' Union wore rcsponsiblo for a lively mooting of that body last ovening, but wero unablo to do moro than bring proceedings to an end in disorder. A story was circulated during tho day that the Moana had put back to AVoreer

Bay,, antl was the cause of much jubilation at tho striko headquarters. It was subsequently proved to be entirely without foundation.

AN AUCKLAND SENSATION. YOUTH WITH REVOLVERS. ATTEMPT T OFIRE ON "SPECIAL" ALLEGED. (By Tclegraph.-Press Association.) ' Auckland, November 14. A sensational arrest took place near tlie Hospital thisNifternoon, when a youth, Charles Gcorgo Chatfield, was arrested on a charge of attempting to discharge a loaded revolver at a special constable named Cecil Lynch. Ho was wearing a special constable's badge. A party of- "specials" wero going over the Graf ton Road Bridge when they saw Chatfield. They had their suspicions as to his bona-fides, so it was determined that Chatfield should bo given the opportunity of explaining his identity. - Two constables approached the man, and inquired where ho had got tho badge. On his replying that it. was his, Special Constable Lynch asked Chatfield which company he was 'in. In reply, he stated that he had come from Mercer. Not feeling satisfied Lynch informed Chatfield that he would have to go to the Domain camp to bo identified. It was at this juncture that an exciting inoident arose which, it is alleged, culminated in Chatfield "drawing a loaded revolver and pointing it at Lynch. He attempted to run away, but one of the "specials" caught him by the coat, and placed his arms round .him. When' tho constable did this he saw Chatfield raise his right hand", ancl he felt something touching tho sido of his head. Thinking it was a baton, the "special" overthrew accused and held him down on the ground. "Whilst I did this," says the special constable, "I saw some of tho other constables relieve accused of a re-volvor,-which he held in his right hand." From accounts given by other constables, it seems that (Jhatfield had the weapon, a fully loaded one, pointed at Lynch. Chatfield then placed his hand in one of' his side-coat pockets. His hand was removed from the pocket from which Lynch abstracted another loaded revolver of larger calibre than ' the first one. Chatfield then submitted quickly, and was taken to the Domain camp. On the way thore he handed over a number of loose cartridges to Special Constable Lynch. Afterwards he was removed to tho City Police Station, where he was charged that on November 14, 1913, ho did attempt to discharge a revolver, loaded with destructive'material, at one Cecil Lynch. ' Accused is said to be only 18 years of age, and is described as a horsehair worker.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 6

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WATERFRONT ACTIVITY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 6

WATERFRONT ACTIVITY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 6

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