The Labor Difficulty.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 37, 11 September 1890, Page 2

The Labor Difficulty.

i.P«Cn UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION, j London, September 8. ! Owing to a steward on the steamer Moravia, at Leith, refusing to join the Seamen 1 * Union the crew and dockers struck. Tue Federation en gaged v non-Union crew and dockers, who went to work under police protection A similar action is to be taken as other cases arise, whatever the consequence may be. Burns and Tillelt return to London from Liverpool to night. They intend to devote all their energies to the collection of funds for Australm. The stevedors aend £280 to Melbourne »nd £600 to Sydney to-morrow. The Southampton dockers have struck till their Union has obtained recognition. Their demand is supported by the coal porters, seamen and firemen. Trade is paralysed in consequence. Pickets are stopping the trains between the station and the Docks. Sixtj policemen, who were sent down from London to reinforce the local division, were roughly handled and everything points to a riot being imminent. September 9. Tbe National Dockers' Union has cabled £1000 to Australia. The Chronicle upholds the cause of the strikers. Sydney, September 9. An extraordinary run took place on the banks at Broken hill to-day. Fora con siderable time the Banks of New South Wales and Australasia were fairly beneiged by depositors and others. The excitement was caused by resolutions passed at a meeting of miners to the effect that the Miners' Association and all kindred associations give the banking institutions 24 hours' notice that if they do not at once discontinue monetary and other support to shipowners, all sympathisers with labour will immediately demand gold on any notes they may hold and withdraw their accounts in gold The banks made efforts to borrow gold from other offices which had not felt the rush so badly, but were only partly successful The crowds kept up continual cries of " Capitalists ain't going to fight us with our own money. We shall have gold. Your paper is no good. We will have gold for it." The rush ceased after a couple of hours. September 10. The import Market shows a batter demand. The feeling is growing here that the strike is on the wane. Wellington, September 9. The Boilermakers' Union held a meeting in Fraser'e rooms last night and passed the following resolutions : — " That the members of the Boilermakers' Union will do no work connected with any of the Union Company's boats nor any other boat employing free labour." Several of the storemen who Btruck last week have resigned from the Union and have returned to their employment. All the men at G. Thomas and Co. 'a and Myers and Co.'s and one man at Messrs Sargood, Son, and Evven's have gone back. It is probable that several of the men who left Messrs Tux bull and Co. will return. At a meeting of the Carpenters' Union last night a levy waa made of 5 per cent on all working members' weekly earnings in aid of the strikers. It is understood at the present time, the Union Company have more officers than they know what to do with, and that a number of hotel waiters have shipped as stewards. The Union Company are now running 23 of their steamers. A slight disturbance occurred on the wharf yesterday morning in consequence of Mr Adams, a clerk in the Union Company's office, attempting to take a nonUnionist hand on board the steamer Ornapere. The crowd assembled outside the barrier prevented Mr Adams and the non- Union man from passing through, and eventually they were obliged to beat a retreat. Last week the Wellington and Manawatu Bail way Company's trains brought 142 tons of potatoes to Wellington. The quantity of flour brought down was 8 tons and there were 20 tons of chaff and nearly 7 tons of bran. September 10. The Tongariro is being discharged by her own crew. An attempt waa made to load the Duke of Westminster with meat this morning, but carters conveying the meat from the slaughter yards at Nguhauranga, were stopped, on arrival in town. Matters on tne wharves are quiet and peaceable. Napier, September 9. The Southern Cross, Manapouri and Australia were worked by free labour today with nothing worse than a little chaff from the Unionists. The strike is regarded as collapsed. September 10. Storemen, carters, and expressmen were called out, but refused, Some few unionists ou strike tried to convince them ©f their error, but beyond a few black eyes, no harm was done. Chhistchuhch, September 9 The Belfast Freezing Works were closed to-day for want of coal. Mr Chrystal exprebsed great regret, and referred to the unfortunate Australian labour troubles with which the country has really no connection, and; pointed out that the Company's weekly pay-sheet amounted to £300 and the value of sheep put through weekly in North Canterbury was £5500. His remarks were applauded. The men will be allowed to occupy free quarters at the works till work is resumed. Dunedijs, September 9. The bookmakers' Uuion to-day voted £100 to the strike defence fund. Auckland. September 9. The blast furnace at Onehunga having been cooled down 20 men are out of employment, and it will cost £400 to start the furnace to work again, Mklboukne, Septemb r9. While the wharf labourers were loading a Home steamer with wool to-day, a number of bales puorn by non-Unionists were found. The men declined to load them, and as the shippers insisted, matters are at a standstill. September 10. The Premier stated in the Assembly that Government considered it unwise and injudicious to legislate in the present labour difficulty. The Employers' Union has cabled details of the strike to London. Hobart, September, 10. The Monowai is discharging with free labor.