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

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DISCHARGE OF RAILWAY SERVANTS. LABOR STRIKES AT HOME. MASTERS REMAINING FIRM. London* September 10. It is improbable that the original estimate of the funds to be raised for the help ■of the Australian strikers will be realised. A thousand dockers have offered a composition in place of a weekly levy, and others are not workings thi« being * dull

season. Some unionists are suggesting that the strikers are rash, and they had better settle their dispute. The Sunday collection only amounted to £30 for the whole of the kingdom. The London dockers have £3dO ready to send. Mr Mann, when addressing the docker* said the strike did not show up in a favorable light, and even if defeated the strikers would not be seriously injured, but it was their duty to support them. They could block one particular line of steamers, but the struggle with the shipowners combination meant fighting the whole capital of the world. He stated he had cabled to Murphy, secretary of the Sydney Officers Association, for news. A force of military has been despatched to Southampton to preserve order. The strikers at Southampton stoned the military, who dispersed the crowd at the point of the bayonet, and several persons were wounded. New York, Sept. 6The strikers have twice wrecked trains on the New York central line. Sydney, September 10. The conference of employers ha» passed several resolutions, but nothing has been made public. It is understood the masters will stand firm on the question of employing union and non-union men together. A sub -committee was appointed to frame resolutions in the form of a manifesto, which will be submitted on Friday. It is also understood the Defence Committee has ordered the Western colliers to shut down. The Intercolonial Labor Conference begins to-morrow. At an invitation from Cardinal Moran, a deputation from the Labor Committee waited on him with a yiew of seeing if a settlement of the strike could be arranged, but the result was not made public. This Day. The Union Company will give passages to New Zealand to all men who left their vessels, in terms of their articles. 21 firemen and 3 seamen belonging to the British India Company's steamer Do* runda have been arrested for refusing duty. Cardinal Moran informed a deputation from the Labor Committee, who waited on him yesterday, that while acknowledging the justice of the men's demands it was inadvisable for him to take any steps at the present juncture. So far there has been no result to the Mayor's attempt at mediation, and it is considered unlikely there will be any unless the men are prepared to considerably give way. The Home steamer, which the Unionists refused to load with non-Union wool, has completed loading, and taken her departure, Melbourne, This Day, H. Champion, English labor advocate, in a further communication to the Age, states " That although he should be glad to see the workers at home willing and able to support the workers here in any just oause, he cannot forget that the levies they are paying are sorely needed for the defenoe oi English men and women who are chronically within measurable distance of starvation. As far as the dockers are concerned it is absolutely true that they could not subscribe were it not for the manner in which the Australians of all classes came to their aid in the hour of need." Bbisbane, This Day. Now that ship-owners are able to definitely fix the hour for the departure of vessels, trade is looking brighter. CHBisrcHuacH, This Day. Four of the prominent members of the Kailway Servants Societ,, Messrs Winter, Elvines, Newton, and Owen, were called in yesterday morning before Mr Gow, traffic manager, Mr Burnett, Engineer, and Mr Bonayne. general manager, by direction of the Commissioners and were asked— (l) To sign a declaration to refrain from inciting or urging the other employes to disobey the commands of the Commissioner ; (2) To resign ; (S) Or to be dismissed. They declined the first two courses and were immediately dismissed with a fortnight's pay in lieu of notice. This action on the part of the Commissioners has been taken in consequence of speeches made and resolutions proposed by those men at a meeting of the Bail way Servants ac reported in the papers ou sth September. There was considerable excitement here upon the news of the dismissal of railway men becoming known. A large number of men expressed their desire to come out on strike. The Executive, however, having regard to the liieonvenience that would result tothe public if they took this step, declined to call the men out. The Executive officers who have been dismissed, have no desire for a strike od their account. Twelve more men were arrested for disturbing the free laborers. Among them are two prominent Unionists, and will be brought before the Court this morning. Two were discharged on arriving at Christchurch owing to insufficient information. Wellington, This Day. The Directors of the Petone Woollen Company have decided to close the mul from to-monov, owing to want of fuel and the labour difficulty.