ONLY SIX BOATS IDLE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1915, 25 November 1913, Page 8

ONLY SIX BOATS IDLE.

TWENTY-NINE , VESSELS WORK TO-DAY. CITY DRIVERS RESUME. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. HASSETT SENT FOR TRIAL AUCKLAND TRAMWAYMEN GOING BACK. | . . Waterside Workers, when they broke fhelr 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 8 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.—Shipwriphts ceased work. Monday, October 20.—First mass meeting Waterside Workers' Union, at which it was decided to call a "stop-work" meeting, to be held at 8 ■ a.m, on Wednesday, October ZZ. Wednesday, October 22.— I "Stop-work" meeting of Wateriid? Workers' Union held on wharf. While men were attending meeting, which, being held in working hours, was a breach eft agreement, other union men\were put on to work in their places. Union desired that "stop-work" men 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 ta go back in breach of agreement terminated the agreement with the union, which had been entered into in 1 .1912, Waterside Workers' Union hand control of strike oyer to the Federation of Labour. Waterside Workers' Union strikes. Thursday, October 23.—Big mass meeting of strikers. Wharves picketed. Union S.S. Company pays crews off colliers. Free labourers commence work. Negotiations between strike delegates and employers fail. Report,of intention of V/aterside Workers' Union to register a second union under 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 ■■■ the 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 registered 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 28.—Conference between employers and employees, with Hon. W. F. Masseyy Prime Minister, as chairman. More poiice arrive. S.S. Mikau rushed. All steamers move to an anchorage in the stream. Racehorses allowed to leave for south. - Wednesday, Octpber 29.—Employers' proposals from previous evening's conference submitted to the watersiders, and rejected. Raid mads on flour and other provisions being sent to Day's Bay by Cobar. Goods subsequently allowed to be shipped. Further violent speeches by , agitators in the Post Office Square. Encounter at night between suspected free labourers and striklrs at Waterloo Quay, Auckland and - Westport watersiders strike. Y ' Thursday, October 30.—Strikers assault special constables, Waterloo ' Quay fence broken down and horses liberated. Men of H.M.S. Psyche , "on parade. Psyche's stores landed from Ulimaroa by bluejackets, . t ;• Mounted constables parade streets and charge strikers in ' Post Office Square. Three hundred special constables Sworn in. Onset on Messrs. - Whitcombe and Tombs' shop; constabjfa severely wounded. Prime . Minister states the Government's position. Lyttelton watersiders strike. Saturday, November I.—Quiet day. Employers enlarge their strike committee. Large bodies of specials arrive from the country. Skir- •; mishes with strikers in town. Wahine's crew give notice to strike. ' Oamaru watersiders join strike. 1 \ ' Sunday, November 2.—Deputation from combined Labour bodies to ■ Primo 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, Greymouth Union come out on strike. Monday, November 3.—Wahine's men come ashore. Wellington • branch of Seamen's Union decide to strike if free labour Is employed. Negotiations between employers and workers entered upon and ad- - journed 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. Employers 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 seven hotels in evening. Royal Tiger Hotel besieged. Two men arrested, '. Wednesday, November s.—Racehorses for New Zealand Cup Meeting shipped on Maunganui for Lyttelton by free labour. Mounted special constables guarding the wharf stoned by crowd. Eight arrests made, and about thirty persons wounded in the melee. Thursday, November 6.—Niw Wharf Labourers'- Union registered. Members commence work loading the AJ,henic 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 Arbitrationists. Moana's crew leaves ship, and Willochra's deside to follow. Union Company's permanent hands join strike. Wharves guarded by special constables. Saturday, November B.—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 Cullcn. Wellington seamen decide to come out. Sunday, November 9.—General strike called in Wellington, Mass meeting in Opera House. Monday, November 10.—Drivers' Union decides to join the strike,' Goods carted from wharf to warehouses under escort. Seven thousand out of work in Auckland. Work increasing at wharves, ' 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 leaders under arrest remanded for a week. Oversea and coastal 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, .i Friday, November 14.—Seventeen vessels working cargo, and five coaling.. New Drivers' Union registered. United Labour Party declares against the strike. Saturday, November 15. Trade with Wanganui and Patea resumed. Maori', takes up ferry service again. More unions refuse to strike. Sunday, November 16.—Tramway men decide to remain under Arbitration Act. Mass meetings of strikers. Monday, November 17.—Twenty steamers worked at wharves. Arbitration Wharf Labourers' Union totals 750 men. Special constable assaulted in city hotel. Tuesday, November 18.—Athenic sails for London fully laden. Seventeen vessels worked by the 850 men now on the Arbitration Union roll. Rushes on wharves at Lyttelton and Dunedin. Permanent men forced to come out at Lyttelton. Two special constables chased up Cuba Street. Wednesday, November 19.—Disorder in Post Office Square and Taranaki Street. Carter attacked on Ohiro Road. Several arrests effected. Mayor closes all City hotels. Twenty-four boats working at wharves. More violence at Lyttelton. Thursday, November 20.—'Twenty-five vessels worked at wharves, and coal cargoes discharged for first time. Dissension reported among strikers. Arbitration Union totals over 1000 members. Cargoes being worked at Lyttelton. - , Friday, November 21.—Work proceeding actively on waterfront, Over 900 men engaged. Hotel bars closed until November 25. Court proceedings. Lyttelton ferry steamers take cargo. Saturday, Novomber 22.—Christchurch carters called out. Coal and cargo worked on waterfront by nearly 1000 men. Hannah's boot factory closed down. A quiet day. ' "Slowly but surely the back of the tho strikers morn cheerless. To-day no strike is being broken, and ovcry day fewor than twenty-nine vessels will bo that passes is making tho position of worked at tho wharves. The momber-

ship roll of tlio now union is climbing rapidly towards tho 1200 mark, and .Yesterday a thousand of tlio men were actually engaged in cargo working. • Iho drivers' striko shows signs of collapsing, and a significant, event yesterday was tlio action of thirty mem--1 bers of the old Drivers' Union who went in a body and joined tlio now Drivers' Arbitration Union. The general striko in Auckland lias now been declared off by tlio Striko Committee there," only tho transport workers remaining out.' - In tho Magistrate's Court yesterday James Patrick Hassot, who is charged with tho attempted murder of Commissioner Cullon, was committed for trial after witnesses for tho Crown bad been called. On a charge of assaulting a special constable Hassott was convictcd and fined £5, or in default one month's imprisonment.