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Dominion, 14 August 1919, Page 5

PRACTICALLY ENDED

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE SHIPS MANNED ON MONDAY By Telezraph-Prees Associn tion--CoDvrijrW Melbourne, August 13. Senator llillon announced that as the result of the negotiations ho was hopeful of a. settlement of.Uic seamen's strike.— Press i Assn. (Eec. August 13, 5.30 p.m.) Sydney, August 13. A mass meeting oi seamen agreed to accept the Government's terms whereby the ships will bo manned on Holiday. Walsh will ■attend the conference. There will be no arbitration. —Kress Assn. Melbourne, August 13. At a meeting of the federated seamen it was unanimously decided to accept the executive council's recommendations to man the ships when ready.—Press Assn. [The conditions of settlement of the swimon's strike, and presumably those ndopled, or adopted in principle by the men, are as follow: (1) If th'o seamen go back to work and Admiral Clarkson reports to the Government that tlio ships' are manned tho Government will at once arrange* a conference with the union as to the demands in the Joe and aa to the addition of some bonus, and every endeavour will bo made to roach a bona fide setti'.ement. (2) As to the matters agreed upon at the conference, tlio president, after reference to the Arbitration Court, will certify and file an agreement under section 2-1. (3) As to the matters not agreed upon by the conference (if any), the president, after referring them into court, will exercise his powers of conciliation and arbitration. (I) The decisions of the conference and the court shall bo accepted by both parties-. (5) The award shall he retrosnective to thd date of resumption of work. The strike started :n Brisbane in Mn,vch last, and extended to Melbourne on Miay VI Svdnoy joined issue on Mav 23, anil tlio other States came out on May 30. Number of Inter-State seamen -idle 5000 N.S.W. Coastal l men idlo 1000 The Cost. Wages lost—lnter-Sfcato .£1,000,000 Wages lost-Coastal 300,000 Total .£1,300,000 Tho Wharf Workers. The estimated cost of the strike to Sy<l-' ncy wharf workers is as foidows:— Inter-Stato labour , .£.15,000 Coastal wharves 18,000 Total .£63,000 Seamen's Losses -£1,300,000 Grand total £1,363,000 This is exclusive of the wages forfeited by other workers, and of tho loss to tho business community by tho dislocation of industry.! FIVE YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN STRIKES. . Melbourne, August 13. ' A report issued by tho (.'ommonwealih Statistician states that from l!)l:j to 1918 there were 2153 strikes in tlio Commonwealth, involving 7(i!)7 establishments. Tho workers involved numbered 5>156.589, and the loss of wages amounted to ■t'5,073,346.—Pre5s Assn.