WORK AND WAGES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2088, 24 May 1907, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES.

Press Association—Copyright. * SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE. NEW YORK, May 22. Owing to continued labor troubles at San Francisco the Union ironworks aro unable to complete the armored cruiser California, and the Government will bo compelled to complete the vessel.

DOCKERS’ STRIKE COLLAPSES.

Received May 23, 9.30 p.m. NEW YORK, May 23. The longshoremen’s striko in Now York has collapsod.

TROUBLE WITH RAND MINERS.

PRETORIA, May 22. In accordance with a previous decision, the men employed at eight Rand mines have struck. Received May 23, 9.30 p.m. PRETORIA, May 23. The strike on the Rand has b>omo general, comprising the white miners of forty-three mines. Some managers have warned the strikers that thoy Vitvill not bo' reinstated.

SYDNEY COAL LUMPERS

SYDNEY, May 22.

An official of the Coal Lumpers’ L T nion published a letter in the press reviewing the situation, and setting out what are described as unbearable and unusual conditions under which employers are attempting to force lumpers to work.

ABETTING A STRIKE.

PERTH, May 23,

An injunction has been granted agthree members of the Legisla- ' tive Assembly and Senator Pearce as members of the Timber Workers’ Association, restraining them from abetting . a strike in the timber trade or operating moneys of the Timber Workers’ Defence Committee lying in the bank, except by leave of the Court. Pearce states that money had been received from all sections of the community, and was used in relieving women and children suffering as the result of the strike.

DAY IN ENGLAND Received May 23, 11.7 p.m. LONDON, >\lay 23.

The report presented by the Parliamentary Committee appointed under the chairmanship of Mr. W. Russell Rea, member for Scarborough, to. inquire into the probable 'economic effect of the adoption of an eighthour day in the mines, stated that thero are various causes calculated to ij£itigate the effects of the reduction oF'the hours, instancing the extended use of labor-saving machinery; but it is anticipated there would be some diminution in production. This reduction ' would vary greatly, and would be most serious in Lancashire and' South Wales. Tlio report adds that it is impossible to foretell the permanent elfect on wages and employment. Press Association. % WEEKLY EMPLOYMENT. DUNEDIN, last night. A meeting of the Otago Employers .Association was held to-day, when the secretary (Mr. W. Scott) addressed members on the trend of matters in connection with the administration of the Arbitration Act, as indi- , cated in recent ridings and awards of the Court. The only resolutions that r «vere passed had reference to an >£ward delivered by the Court m a dispute which was heard before it at its last sittings in Dunedin, and were as follows:—“That this meeting views with alarm the innovation introduced by the Court in the felt hatters’ trade, in which the principle of weekly employment has been embodied in an award and granted to workers in a manufacturing trade who are in receipt of overtime rates; further, that this meeting is of opinion that the industries of the colony have now more than they can bear, and that if an additional burden is placed upon them in the shape of a full week’s pay', whether worked in whole or part, it will undoubtedly cripple many of the. struggling industries and be to the detriment of • all workers and employers alike; aiul that the matter be referred to the Employers’ Federation with a ~Vjew to concerted action being taken to protect the industries of the colony from any additional burdens.