ALL PORTS STILL BUSY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1918, 28 November 1913, Page 8

ALL PORTS STILL BUSY.

28' BOATS BERTH TO-DAY.

-LINERS' FIREMEN REFUSE DUTY.

1 CORINTHIC DELAYED,

TWENTY-SEVEN MEN ARRESTED.

WAREI WOKBS IN THE HOUSE.

'MR.' PAYNE, 'M.P., MADE TO APOLOGISE.

Waterside Workers, when th ey broke their agreement, were . , being % paid Is. sd. an hour ordinary time, 2s. 2d. an hour overtimo '~:•'. up to 10 p.m.; 2s. 3d. per hour overtime 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. For - special work special rates of pay wero 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. Satur. 'day, October 13.—Shipwrights ceased work. '' Monday, October 20.—First rfiass meeting Waterside Workers' Union, at which it was decided to call a "slop-work" meeting, to bo held at 8 • a.m. on Wednesday'*'October it. ■ Wednesday, October: 22.—"Stop-work" meeting of Watenidn '■ Workers' Union held on wharf. Whilo men wero attending meeting, •• which, being hold in working hours, was a breach of 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 re. fused to work unless all of the men formerly employed at the various /' jobs, were reinstated. Employers decided that men's action in knocking j a off work and refusing to go back in breach of agreement ter- ; minated the agreement with the union, which had been entered into in 1912, Waterside Workers' Union hand control of strike over to tha 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 .'..:.".)ai'-.. ■"'• ;•' ■■'*'' : 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 I 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 1 . country arrive. Employers issua a statement to the effect that no .'watersiders will be employed until a fresh organisation be formed and registered under Arbitration Act. Sunday, October; 26—.Mass moating at 2.15 'p.m. in Post Office ', Square. Procession to Basin Reserve. Gate broken down by crowd, , ..Inflammatory speeches by strike leaders. • . . ." Tuesday, October 28.—Coriferenco between employers and employees. with Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister, as chairman. More , ' police arrive. S.S, Nikau rushed. All steamers move to an anchorage in tho 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 Day's Bay by Cobar. Goods ...,, subsequently allowed to be shipped. Further violent speeches by ■ agitators in the Post Office Squaro, Encounter at. night between suspected free labourers and strikirs at Waterloo Quay, Auckland and Westport watersiders strike. '. Thursday, October 30.—Strikers assault special constables, Waterloo Quay fence broken down and horses liberated. Men of H.M.S, Psyche ,on parade. 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; constabl/j 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. Skirmishes with strikers in town. Wahine's crew givo notice to strike, Oamaru watersiders join strike. Sunday, November 2>—Deputation from combined Labour bodies to Frime'Minister with proposals for settlement. Mass meetings af Newtown ' Park and Opera House. Further contingents of special constables arrive. .Wahine laid up in stream. Groymouth 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 adjourned 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. r 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. _ s ' Wednesday, November s.—Racehorses for New Zealand Cup Meeting shipped on Maungariui for Lyttelton by free labour. Mounted special constables guarding the wharf stoned by crowd. Eight arrests made, and about thirty persons wounded in tho melee. Thursday, November 6.—New Wharf Labourers' Union registered. Members commence work loading the Athenic at Glasgow Wharf. Wharf approaches guarded by mounted and foot "specials." Fine display 'Maw 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, Willbchra, 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 8.-Gcneral strike in Auckland, special con. stables take possession of waterfront. Waterside Federation invites new Wellington Union to affiliate. P. J. Hassett arrested on charge of attempting to murder Commissioner Cullen. Wellington seamen decide to come out, Sunday, November 9.-Gencral strike called in Wellington, Mass meeting in' Opera House. ; v 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. ' , 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 18.—Tramway men decide to remain under Ar> bitration 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 tho Arbitration Union roll. Rushes on wharves at Lyftelton arid 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. - J 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, November 22.—Christchurch carters called out, Coal and cargo worked on waterfront by nearly 1000 men, Hannah's' boot factory closed dov/n. A quiet day. . Monday, November 24.-One thousand men working on Wellington wharves. Thirty members of old Drivers' Union, join new union, and return to work. Auckland general strike declared off J. P. Hassett committed for trial on charge of attempted murder'of Commissioner Cullen. Tuesday, November 25, New Waterside Union totals 1350 members. Sugar shortago relieved by unloading of cargo of 40,000 bags from Auckland. Wednesday, November 26.—Maunnanui's crew joins strike, but is replaced. Prime Minister's scheme for improving waterside conditions discussed by Harbour Board. New union totals 1450, New Zealand shipping hold UO. in Svdnev,,

Tim principal development in the strike yesterday was the arrest in the evening of 27 »f the stokehold hands of the liner Corinthic nn llio charge of [■el using to obey orders. The men, it is stilled, declined to work the ship on the ground that the cargo had heon bundled by "free lahonr." ' It is not expected that the departure of the, (.ornithic, for Lyttclton will be delavcd beyond to-day. The membership roll of tlio new union is now well over the lolll) mark, ■"id the men will be busily engaged in working sonic 28 vessels at the wharves to-day. Work is also reported to bo proceeding steadily in tlio other cen.ties. The situation at Svdnev, where a number of New Zealand " vessels are delayed through tlio refusal of tlio watersiders to work their cargo, shows ittlo change from voslcrdav. It will up noted that the Union liner Wakatipu, which is, and has been for long past, engaged in a purely Australian trade, has also been put under the ban by the Sydney wharf labourers. Tlio strike leaders, Messrs. Scrapie, Holland, Young, Bailey, Barker, and I'raser, will make their reappearance m the Magistrate's Court this morning to answer to the various charges laid against them, and, in addition o to the usual run of strike cases, the Magistrates will also have before them the 27 stokehold hands arrested on the Corinthic.