The Watersider

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 October 1913, Page 3

The Watersider

PliOGlt-ESS OE WELLINGTON STItIKE. Wellington, This Day. At the wharf gates this morning the union pickets began _ by blocking the passage of provisions and stores to the ships, including meat, milk and vegetables. Seeing this, Mr Ik-nee, chief of the pickets, said those provisions should be allowed to go through; it was futile to starve out men whose support the waterside workers, required He referred to the sascii, he said, and added tluii if the men who stopped the provisions did not like the action of the strike committee in permitting provisions to go through they could turn out (lie committee and •ret another one. This statement was received with more approval than dissent, and some provisions were allowed to go through. All the ships in port, except those leaving, will anchor in the harbour including the Government steamer Tuianekai. _ Several, however, having wireless and also Morse signal, will be in constant touch wild the shore. A crowd of about 2000 wore addressed in the Post Office square this morning by .Mr Canham, president of the Auckland Waterside Workers' I'nion. He said there had been a hard job h> prevent the waterside workers strike in Auckland: if the strike committee had decided to place the matter in the hands of the United Federation of Labour, he had no doubt that body would be able to create an industrial fire which would take a very long while to put out. Later. The Mailai, winch arrived from Auckland at 7 a.m., only remained in. port a little over three hours, leaving again for the south at about 10 o'clock. it is expected that 11.M.5. Ph.sche, which arrived from Syduev direct this morning , , will be the'only vessel at any wharf by 4 o'clock this afternoon. All the other vessels in port will then be in the stream. The Union Company's big laundry van going on t*> the Queen's wharf was turned back by the strikers. FAILUEiJS TO THE FOliE. . Feilding, This Day. A gang of about 80 farmers and their sons, and others, is being organised here to go to Wellington to work on the wharves. it is considered thai 701) men can be got from the Manawafu district for this purpose.