WAR DECLARED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1953, 9 January 1914, Page 5

WAR DECLARED.

sr ;. ,--.*■ /".is.--.- 4 :; LABOUR CRISIS IN SOUTIII AFRICA. r : y;Wig§' CABINET MEET&IJfr I SPECIAL CONSTABULARY ENROLLED.: 1 THREAT OF A GENERAL'S « ■ STRIKE, .. , ; j By Telejraph-Press Aceoeiatioa-Couyticht , ' Pretoria, January 7. Notices have been posted throughout I) the Transvaal railways ordering a . strike at midnight. A special meeting of tho Union Cab- } inet discussed tho situation, after which . the Hon. J. C. Smuts (Minister of Dei fence), Hon. F. S. Malan (Minister of , Mines), and Mr. T. G. Trutcr (Chief Commissioner of Pc-lico) left Tor Johannesburg. Extensive precautions are- being taken to preserve order. The authorities have called for volunteers as special _ constables. Many aro being sworn in. Tho Federation of Trade threatens a general striko if thcro is no settlement by Saturday. Gape Town., January 7. Tile citizens arc forming a Committee of Public Safety "to prevent disorder at tho Caps if the railway striko \ spreads. - PREPARINC FOR THE WORST, t RIFLES AND AMMUNITION REi MOVED IX) SAFETY. I ; j (Rec. January 9, 0.5 a.m.) f Cape Town, January 8. Tho railwaymen in East London dis- . trict have resolved not to take drastic 3 action, pending a general ballot, t Tho authorities at Johannesburg aro . removing tho rifles to places of safety. s Cadet rifles are being called in, and prev cautions are being taken to prevent,revolutionary persons from securing firet arms. , Tho Capo branch of the Railwayman's Union have decided not to strike, The Amagalmatcd Society of EngtI neers at Johannesburg have decided to j support tho railwaymen. ' RIOT RISKS IN LONDON. (Rec. January 9, 0.0 a.m.) London, January 8. A large amount of Johannesburg pro»_ perty has been insured in London against' "riot .risks." ' ' "Times"—Sydney "Sun! 1 Special Cables. i Pretoria, January 7. The South African Government has not withdrawn the retrenchment order, s The railwaymen at a mass meeting des clared a striko throughout tho Union, 0 commencing on Thursday. 8 Other branches of organised labour 1 are being asked to support the strike. COLOUR-LINE IN TRADES UNIONISM. Capo Town, January 7.' Tho Transvaal Miners' Association has issued a statement refusing to admit coloured people, despite tho Labour Party Conference's decision to enrol t them in the party organisation. MASTERS EXASPERATED. ' BROKEN AGREEMENTS AND I ... STJUKES, .' „•• . t (Rec. January 8, 10.25 p.m.) London, January 8, 3 The master buildors, exasperated by . a sequence of infringements' of agreements, have terminated, forthwith, all working agreements with the Carpenters' and Joiners', Bricklayers', Masons', Plasterers', and Labourers' Union. One hundred and fifty thousand men. aro affected; [ The masters demand a cessation of isolated strikes, and the formation of a guarantee fund, to which both sides will contribute, to provide for the payment ' of penalties for strikes and lock-outs; 5 that tho unions deprecate any strike be- • fore a dispute is referred to a Concilia- • lion-Board; and that thoy penalise s members for not observing rules. j UNION FUNDS FOR POLITICS, (Rec. January 8, 10.25 p.m.) Louden, January 8. Tho report of the Weavers' Protection Society declares that tho small majority of the northern weavers' ballot justifies tho committee "in its opinion against the use of funds for politic?! purposes-, . "Petty quarrels between so-called Labour leaders have retarded trade unionism," says the report. "If solid- ' arity is to bo maintained, the unions. 1 must eliminate politics and' religion • from their programme."