NATIVE STRIKE ON THE RAND

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 244, 3 July 1918, Page 6

NATIVE STRIKE ON THE RAND

/ ' I.W.W. MISCHIEF-MAKERS AT WORK. Capo Town, July 1.. The natives employed in the Ferreira and Ferreira deep mines at Johnnnes- - burg, numbering 3500, have struck, demanding a shilling a day extra. Two thousand men marched towards the Crown Mines, but woro stopped by the police. The situation ifi now quiet, and the natives are confined in compounds - and guarded. The position elsewhere is normal. Measures have been taken to guard public buildings. , A message from Pretoria states that, there arc rumours of unrest among the whites in the' Eastern Transvaal mines, r.nd men are even mentioned as willing • to lead commadoes on Pretoria. TJni rest among the natives on. the Band is i' believed to have been fomented by the I.W.W. Prior to the strike, Genera? ; Botha made a strong appeal to them to ! remain quiet, and promised immediate ; consideration of their grievances, and also to meet their leaders, ivho urged them not to strike. There are from iifty to sixty thousand natives on the : ■ Jiand whom the trouble may effect. A ballot taken among the engineers of the >• Band resulted overwhelmingly in favour ' ; of affiliation with the Federated Trades, ' f-Aus.-N.Z. G'abk Assn. BINGLEADEItS ABKESTED. s (Keo. July 2, 8.10 p.m.) I . . . Jahonnesburg, July.l. ; Police and troops with fked bayonets entered the native compounds, and secured possession, of a large number of Ftiofcs and other weapons usually kept j handy in the ovent of tribal affrays, and arrested seventy-one of tlio ringleaders. ,The- natives submitted quietly It is expectod that the majority wilt abandon ' their attitude of passive resistance and resume It is apparent that the movement for a general strike of the natives failed.—Renter.