The Labour Question.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 63, 2 September 1890, Page 2

The Labour Question.

Itwoujd Be totally 'impossibe to~ give in our limitedTipaeeaUthedetaiis'witlj regard to L the present labour difficulty, bjit line of whai is gofng on. '*' '""' ! - , »So:.far ,as .Jjf'ew'vgealaid, the men on the Un|qn bpats are leaving as the vessels arrive in port, and although a good many have been manned by ndn'-uiiioniatsHhere great difficulty in getting the vessels' j i :; f!;! | " Lytteltpn Qon-unjQn labour has' been employed to loa4 : and unload' vessels. I' At Westport the have given..alfortftight's,..poticfiyin consequence of their being asked to assist in loading tlie ! Meairiers,' and • a general railway'sjtrjke; ig/fearedf Jhe Coihp missioned fo§i> bestto assist %e.<?apifcalks. a? ; j :: n M% pany have^ed^l^ht^jipjjjr^t* port 50 per ceat. "' ' ' "'} v Ther&: appears,to.,b)B a; good deal j of ' The police had a chain stretched across the street to stop : the i p,rp ; grees,,qf / the mob, but it n w)ss ,^n4i jtije wharf, :W^ r ,rushed. | _ ' and.Sydney havebeen ! |n darkness in 'consequence' of having no gaS. T •_.,. ■-■ -■ ; ,;,,-, j; 1 , ! "4 flablegVw' front; • London States that 4JQ.000 or £20,000 will be sent to aßflist the iAustralian; strikers, The opinion is expres,sed that therttme is at' hands when capitalists, must chopse between trades-unions and civil war. ' , /.Tnere wa« a good•lon^-de|}a i te in jthe House wii>hvregar4)t9:/steamerß leaving with incompetent crews, and several

nave the matter seen into, as it was against the regulations and was a danger.to life. The Railway Commissioners were also accused of trying to capitalists by insisting on permanent men doing the work of wharf-labourers, and it was thought PaHiameßtllMtd^te^^m'and! prevent- ; a worse disaster. Generally speaking a certain amount of.BhippinK in being carried on with the assistance of shipping ..clerks aid... Officers are leaving and men s[re being called 6nV in all directions, and' if the- railway inen ar# called but la! * sad state pf affairs may, be., expected.^ J '"'"'"-iLATESTi ' ; ' i '" : ' r ! '(tfrbm Our Own -Correspondent;)I■■ 1 ■■- l i —««—«. j .ci..r.-K•;.:>!WEMfINGTON.-iii u:\ii(,i' ; . - September 1. j The \strike 'itf'iis difficulpto at ; the present i time'. what-;'tb#end' iwill . l brings forth fresh evidence 'thafci.both sides are,marshalling"liheir,forces for *> v d&iermhM ; struggle'' for' Supremacy/ The'lalt'estf' developments are that the whole 1 of the 'tjnidn Co'.'s bijatsare prac- l iicalty \ bpycjJttpdV: ] A ! on* i uritarmanhW 'ana 1 "' inkufficieiitly n din-, cered, 1 ' tb'find !^hW'if ' v th'ey : ma'nage io ,l^et;i .a^iiy' i "frbin 1 -' i 6rie; ;^ort,'! they areT baited lip at'another, and can" neMe l r ; discharge ; p : r;load 5 car^6. u TKe 1 iab'our unions 1 are -'grkdually; l ' dra'wingf th ! e ! cOTaon 1 ; 'around" the; ail "attemp't'is Hefng'4hade"'su'ccessfully to' preV^nt 4 ' x ;%f'l Somniuhicati'dn ! with' l the Company, in'ihe'.way ; of • it, :t 6r in'' the' 1 br^uhloa'ding 1 of 1 |cargo or goods of any *' J< ! (The,, question., cropped up in -the House : 'jthis ; ' _in pretitjr well 'the sH'tmg" r ta|4n: ! up with the subjecfby sbm^ rmemjbers for calling; /ontuthej Permanent |Ai m Satuijday.! Tlao discussion. Ibut th'e oohsehsus of '' opinion was !thW<3pverniriMf '■ justified ! Ithe circumstances fn s doing so.