DEFEAT!

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1965, 23 January 1914, Page 7

DEFEAT!

AFRICAN STRIKE CALLED JFF||; BRITON AND" r BOER;|U;i; UNITED AGAINST COMMON^- f By Telegraph-Press , Johannesburg, Januarv 21. '% . The now executive of the Federation* j of Trades at a secret meeting decided ■' to declare the general strike otf as.ironv . January 22 until further .notice. , , RESISTING THE POLICEJfUJ CASE AGAINST~ST.RIKEHS DIS-jfe MISSED. . . X't-.W. ' Five of those arrested at tlie : Trades Hall have been charged with resisting and obstructing tho police during., the , attempted raid on January 14. . • ■•/§ Detective M'Brido cave evidence that I a door was slammed and bolted hi his : face. A man inside pointed a revolver through the glass panel and ordered him. to clear out. : •'••< Counsel for accused argued that the police should have asked for admission in the name of tho King. ■' -.'IThe Public Prosecutor admitted this . was not done, but thought it was clear that the occupants resisted the police. Tho Magistrate- dismissed the accused, saying that Detective M'Brido clearly meant to enter without saying who ho was. Nevertheless, tllo men in tho hall behaved foolishly, and bo advised them to return to work. V !■ BRITON AND BOER UNITED.':,'■Times' , —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. Johannesburg, January 21. The burghers declare that racial feel- j inj; belongs to the past, Boers and Britons now joining to make Africa, u. great country. ■ ". ■:■ Prior to the meeting of the Federation, at which the general strike was declared off, several ballots were held owing to a feeling that the opinion of ; tho rank and file was changing, and that staunch members of the union were being victimised through their loyalty. Subsequently tho executive requested permission to hold a meeting of tho general council of the Federation, On Sunday a ballot taken at, n . ! meeting of members, held by permission of the authorities, and at which there were eighty-seven delegates representing thirty-three mines, and ten members of the executive, including; Air. Matthews, general secretary, , and Mr. 'lloomey, president, resulted by 40 votes to 41 in favour of declaring the strike off. The members of executive did not vote. After, the ballot, Mr. Matthews and. Mr. Toomey appealed to the strikers ; to accept tho delegates' decision to resume, and to be loyal to the society. [ They said that they would have preferred to have had the Labour Federation's decision in the mattor, but, under the circumstances, that was impossible. Therefore, tho miners had taken the initiative. . ■ ENCINEERS REMAIN CUT. BRICKLAYERS, PLASTERERS, AND CARPENTERS RESUME, Johannesburg, .January 22. = The engineers voted, by 160 votes to 130, to remain on strike. Tho bricklayers, and plasterers decided to resume. ii.iilllie,..carpenters? executive , declared the strike off. , A request for a balkt at a, subsequent meeting was ruled out of order. •■••■ . ■ Pretoria, January 22.' ' It is officially announced that tho railway workshops will be opened . on January 26. - ,:,. '■<■-