MEAT STRIKE ENDS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2001, 7 March 1914, Page 5

MEAT STRIKE ENDS.

mmt TROUBLE OVER. PREMIER'S TERMS ACCEPTED MEN'S RESOURCES EXHAUSTED, BJ Telesfttpli—PieM Aesocifttion—CooyticM (Rise. March. 7, 1.5 a.m.) Sydney, March 6. The moat strike has ended, and tho men will' resuHse Moi.ida.V.

.An overwheinwi.g majority at tonight's mass mooting agreed to actsept tho Premier's proposals, The union oi> foiak said they had been assured that the toms had been agreed to by the employers.

Tho terms of -gettkment are not available to-night. ' At a meeting of tho iron'WQrksrS an strike it was decided to take a ballot as early as possible on the advisability of returning to work.

MEN KEEN TO RETURN. TROUBLE BREWING AMONG • PAINTERS. (RW March G, 9.40 p.m.) Sydney, Match 6. Tho general feeling among t.ho men is that a settlement of tho moat, strike will .ho arrived at at to-night's mas* meeting. 'It appears practically certain that had; the, row known they would i-have tp fight other omploycrs than the retail Bu.tchera, tho strike would never liayo been precipitated. Tfcfi men ap- ■ pear to fe. koen to return to Work if j an amicable arrangement can. ho reach* ed, ns maijy are' at tho end of their te* sprirces, ..'

Tho waster tatebars arc confident that tho ttiou will return. . No union men aw working in the city yet, but they may tOSuints at any moment. A brisfc trade was done ill city, stops, to-diiy, but supplies were limited, Mr, Estoll, Minister of Labour, has stated that he is satisfied that the master butchers Will favowabty consider the : proposals to havo work resumed forth- ■ with as a basis of financial settlement. 'In his opinion, matters are how "as ; right as rain."

Tho eittfiioycrs state that 'they have nmeJii no offer to tho men. If tho men go back it Will lift on tho Masters* terms. - . They declare that about a hundred unionists ' resumed yesterday. This statajioni has sineo. been contradieted.

. The only fresh develepnieivt in tho iron trades 'strike is the issue of an appeal by tho Labour Couiwil for financial assistance ,for thirty or forty thou-saiid men, Wiuntjn, and children, who, it is stated, will, shortly need assistance. There is' every possibility that tho next unionists' strike will bo 'by tho painters. A special meeting of paintfirs; takes place on Monday, and ii ballot on- the question of ceasing work will immediately "bo takeu. TJmie.r tte rent award, the painters get Is, -Id, per hour fl,nil Bignwritofs Is. (3d. per hour. Increases to ts, Cid. and -is. Sd. respec.. lively fti*o ashed far, .in view of Mr, Justice Hsydon's decision' ia» tho ktm trades ease. As their award cannot bo re-opened, tho paintws have practically rosolvcd to do what tboy can to gain ■increases. ■ . ;