SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 635, 17 January 1914, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE.

WAR AGAINST SYNDICALISM. MANY LEADERS ARRESTED. By Telegraph.—rress Association.— Oopyris&t Received Friday, 11.10 p.m. Capetown, Friday. A number of mechanics at the Premier Diamond mine, a vast property near Pretoria, struck, and the ringleaders were immediately arrested. The strikers thereupon asked to be allowed to resume, but the request was refused. The Cape Trade Federation adjourned after a prolonged deliberation. The leaderß declined to make any announcement, but it is believed the idea of a general strike throughout the Cape province has been abandoned in view of to-day's developments. Pretoria, Friday. The mounted and foot police last night raided the strike heaqduarterp and arrested twenty leaders, including the entire committee. AUTHORITIES DRASTIC ACTION. WHOLESALE ARRESTS. Received this day, 8.30 a.m. Capetown, Friday. The Mayor of Pretoria is amongst the. twenty arrested at the strike headquarters. He was released on his own recognisance. The authorities at Pretoria inform Reuter that in consequence ot events at Benoni, some hundreds of strikers were arrested yesterday. This drastic action was necessitated by the ex tremes to which the strikers went in July, and that on the present occasion they were the only bodies of miners to go on strike. It was also necessary because of their interference with the police. The authorities hope similar drastic action will be unnecessary in other parts of the reef, but in view of the strike being a breach of the law, and the firm determination of the authorities to restore law and order they will not hesitate to act with equal severity whenever necessity arises. Capetown, Friday. Reuter's correspondents in all parts of the Union show that calm prevails everywhere. The men in the various strike areas are returning to work, and the day is otherwise passing uneventfully. _____

UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Received this day, 8.30 a.m. Johannesburg, Friday

The police raided the Labour party headquarters where a meet ; ng of delegates of the Typographical Union was being held. It is believed the meeting had decided to return to work and had just finished when the police appeared and arrested all the delegates, numbering sixty-two, for contravention of martial law regulations by holding a meeting without the permission of the authorities.