GENERAL STRIKE NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 9

GENERAL STRIKE NOTES.

A Correction. . , In yesterday's issue by an unfortunate , confusion between the Sanies of assailant : and assailed it Was made to appear that ' Mr. Philip I'ower h.qd been arrested on i a charge of having taken part in an irnlawful assembly in Cuba- Street. The ; real _ position is that Mr. Power is' the special constable' wlio was assaulted on the occasion referred to.. His "Ten Bob a Day." _ A refutation of the accusation sometimes made that the special constables fl.i'e doing their duties tor the "fen hob a day," '.which the Government pay them, was given in a practical way by a "Special" from Hnwke's Bay'. He wrote' a letter to the member for his district, Mr. H. M, Campbell, enclosing the stun that he had reserved for his services, £3 55., and asking that the' money should be' sent along to the Wellington Hospital. Would Work, BUt Afraid. A prominent Lytte.iton resident, wellknown to, and popular with tho strikers, informed, a "Press" representative oil Tuesday that ho had conversed with many of thorn, and fully two-thirds Wished to go back to Work, and many of theifl were oven willing to go wwler the Arbrttation Act. It was, Tiowcver, useless speaking to the men as.a body. Ho said the men. were Very foolish not ' to go back to work immediately, as to his own knowledge there were several .men in tho country only waiting the Word to go to Lyttclton and work the cargo, and several of these contemplated staying at Lytteltoa permanently. Ho instanced the case of a farmer. who was going to leave the care of his farm in the hands of his eldest son, and was going to proceed to Lyttcttoii himself to assist in working the cargo. The pity of the whole business, added this gentleman, was that tile .majority Of the Lyttelton watcrsidfers were decent men, men who Would coniparo favourably as waterside, workers with those in any part of the Dominion. Auckland Brewers' Losses. The brewers, in Auckland appear to be amongst tho people most seriously affected by the strike. In fact, a representative of one of, the leading firms pointed but to a "Star" reporter that the brewers stand to lose more than any others involved in tho present industrial trouble. Thousands of hogsheads of beer are standing in the warehouses, large country orders Wait to be fulfilled, and the Auckland firms can do nothing. Yet the southern breweries a.ro sending largo.quantities of beer into tho Auckland country districts, which Auckland would, otherwise have supplied. On Tuesday one southern firm alone delivered an order of 200 hogsheads. Harking Sack. , A man, who will appear at the Magistrate's Court on siimmons this morning, is to be charged with an assault on an employee of the firm of Murray, Roberts and Co. Tho assault is alleged to have taken place at Clyde Quay on October 24, when two members of the firm of Murray, Roberts and Co. landed, there from a Jauueh. They Wore at the thno set upon by between twenty and thirty strikers, and had to bo resenal by Constable M'Kelvcy, of Clyde Quay, and another constable, who came to his assistance from tho Taranaki Street Wharf. Arbitratlonists' New Dormitory, , Tho "donkey-room" at tho wharf, in which members of the old Waterside : .Workers' Union were wont to hold their

meetings, is being put to a now use. i The luonrlnifs of the Arbitration Union have now become so numerous that they cauuot any longer be all iieenniinodatou on board the ships which have so far btien used as their quarters. This room has therefore' boon converted into a dormitory for tho men, and hundreds of bunks have been fitted in. The room is i equipped with hot baths and all conveniences. Drivers' Safety. " At a meeting of the Wellington Km--1 Fanners', and Citizens' Dc- " fence Comisiitti-o yesterday tlw position * of workers in Hie suburbs was cw'tsider'j ''d and discussed. The following'rese;i In tion was carried:— v 'That the attens tion of the authorities be drawn to the 5 fact that a large amount of intimidation " of workmen, aiid especially drivers and '_ their households, is still going on, and 3 also to the necessity for patrolling all c ' the principal suburban areas throughs out tlie day and night, and that tin's be s arranged for as sooi.i as possible. R?p!lf to Petaiie Rqquest. j A public meeting was recently held at Petone, when a resolution was passod eallinj{ upon Parliament to take steps to bring about a settlement of the s.ndustrin] crisis. The I'rime Minister b has replied to Mr. J„ W. M'Ewan ' (Mayor of Petone) as follows:—"I beg ' to acknowledge the receipt of your !et- '■ ter of tho IStli instant, forwarding * copy of a resolution passed at a m*?otj ing of Hutt electors, urging that the Government introduce! legislation with the object rtf torminattng tho present in- , dustrial 'difficulty; and, in reply, to ', state t'bat the representations submitted by you will be given careful consid- " oration." .