TO DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 40, 18 September 1890, Page 2

TO DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

" STARTLING NEWS FROM ALL [ * QUABTERS. % Stonbt, September 17. r The Mayor has received a letter from the Shipowners, stating the latter are now discussing the question of shij 4 a> ii cles, which will be ready at an early date, and if the men accept the terms they will be engaged without delay. • . The Labor. Conference Committee hare t called out the Amalgamated Engineers to the number of 2000, who are not connected with the Marine Engineers. No further steps have been taken, towards 1 declaring a general strike, a truce having been arranged, as the Mayor has not cori- * eluded as arranged. Preparations are, J however, completed if it is decided necessary to enforce the call. fc The special constables, who have been r sworn in, will commence actiye duty tomorrow night, they taking 2 hours shifts. The strike of the van men and carters is having a serious effect on trade. Nineteen of the crew of the steamer Sazton, who were arrested for refusing to shovel a small quantity of coal from' the hatchways so that the hatches might be 1 put on, were discharged on technical ' grounds. , Strike matters are quiet. Beisbank, September 17 [ The Pastoralists and Employers Asso- : ciation have voted 41000 to the Feder--1 ated Employers Association. r Melbourne, September 17. Negotiations are proceeding between the Labor Council and Employers for a ) Conference. There is great exoitement in trade ciroles at the prospect of a general strike. , London, September 17. [ Fifteen of thr leaders of the Southampton rioters have been committed for trial. Houghton, of the Melbourne Trades I Hall, has cabled to Mr G. Shipton, secretary of the Trades Council, asking for ! funds. ' The difficulty with the P. and 0. Co.'s laborers has been settled. I The Dockers 1 Unions have received a : leiter from the leader of the Wool Shear- ; ers' Union in Australia, but declined at present to make known its contents or anything as to what action is likely to be taken in blocking the shipping. They say, 1 fcdwever, they will adopt a policy of extreme caution in view of the short amount of func!g. and the recently fstablished Shipowners* Moderation, ard <Lm! *re that there will be time enough to decide on a course of action when the ships loaded with wod begin to arrive. WEttiNGroir, This Day, The crews of the Huia. and Stormbird have been called out. A row ocourred at the White Swan Hotel on Tuesday night, owing to a number of men entering the hotel and threatening to help themselves if drink was not supplied. The landlord brought down a revolver and fired two shots over them to frighten them away. Black, the landlord, was brought tip this morning at the Court when the charge was dismissed, the Bench holding the shots were not fired with the intention of doing bodily harm. The Railway Commissioners have issued a circular to the Railway employees emphasising their decision not to reinstate the men dismissed for a breach of the regulations. Strike matters are qoiet. . Fisher, Graham arid Kitto, of the Trade and Labor Council, had an interview with the Premier yesterday on the labor difficulty. It is understood nothing, was arrange*. : t; . ... Mr Watt* second mate of the Waihora, who was thrown into the hold last week, and had his leg broken, died yesterday; t-HRisTCHTTBCH 1 , This Day. t At a meeting of the Harbor Board it vai stated there was toly~tt]fficuftnis ooal

supply for the Board -requirements until ' Friday next. It was decided to inform the Ore Valley Coal Company, the contractors, that penalties wfll be enforced if they fail to fulfil their contract. Auckland, This Day. The Secretary of the Tailoresses Union, Farnall, has resigned that position at the request of the union. The Trades and Labor Connoil state. Farnall demanded th* dismissal of six tramway employees because they formed a union, and that h« provided non-union labor for the coal hulks in the . harbor with recommendations from the Knights of Labor, of which body he is secretary.