COLLAPSE OF SYDNEY STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3187, 11 September 1917, Page 6

COLLAPSE OF SYDNEY STRIKE

men ordered back to-day "story of the great fight VIOLENCE, SABOTAGE, AND LOSS \ OF LIFE 'The arrival of Australian mails in Wellington yesterday lifted the veil .irhicir the' interruption of the intercolonial steamer services had draped over the great industrial strike on the other side of v the Tasman. The strike, up till September 5, was still unsettled, though the' Lord Mayor of Sydney was mediating between the parties' with a view to paving the way for a settlement. Both •ides were firm, but there had been many secessions from the unionist side, and a great army of volunteer workers, was helping the. Government to "carry on," which It was doing with astonishing success considering tho nature of its task. The stake tas been developed by acts ofvyiolence, outrage, and loss of life. The previous mail : Bteamer^from;Australia brought the development of the situation up to August 9. The Press Association's, agent in Sydney supplies a resume of late developments in a telegram via Auckland. This is supplemented by extracts from the ...Australian .files which arrived yesterday.

- COLLAPSE OF THE '• STRIKE

/ (Rec. September 10, 5.35 p.m.) Sydney, September 10. . ■I.' THe Strike Committee has unanimously decided to instruct the railway and tramway employees.to resume work on Tuesday morning. So far the Australian •Engineers and Blacksmiths' Union, the Amalgamated Engineers, and the Amal.flatriated Engine-drivers and Cleaners have accepted, the decision. Other sec tional unions are considering their attitude.-Press Association.