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The Labour Question.

General Items.

The Cause of the Strike.

1 Attack on Free Labourers.

A Serious Affair.

As a good many people, not even thee strikers themselves, knew 1 exactly vrbat was the real cause of strike the following from the Terauka Leader may throw some additional light on the subject:—

“ Now we can understand the cause of the strike. Accordingly to the speeches of Bir Robert Stout, and Mr J. A, Millar, it was this—The Maritime Council arranged with the Union Steamship Company that so long as the company did not employ free labour the strike would hot extend to the company’s ships. They would be loaded in this colony and ' discharged in the other colonies in the usual way. Instead-of carrying out this compact free labour was employed to discharge the vessels, and consequently . the Unionists refused to work with free labourers. This explains. udiat the Hon. George M‘Lean, Directors of the Union ; said the other day to of j Lyttelton. He said that | Maritime Council nor the Shipping Company could ‘ selves.’ This Wiis true, for \tue Union Steam Ship Company was\under a [bond to stand by the Shipping, Companies Association, and tiad to employ hlhckleg labour; ’The thing, is plain enough now, and certaia.y a any honest man. must admit that the Maritime Council is not to blame. If the Union Company had a right to assist the Australian Shipping Companies to destroy Trades Unions, surely the Trad.es Unions had a right to defend themselves. Surely no one could ask them as Mr J. A Miller W put Jit

lie down and be kicked. 1 If any one is ta blame,; the .is ftp; blame. It would have been better for it to have broken thei;bond than; taken the coarse it took. But it is alleged that the Shipping Companies of Australia have promised as a price of they will allow the Union a monopoly of the New Zlfland trade. Let i people know exactly these things.

* WELLINGTON, Beptember-29i An information bas been laid against two men for assulting a free labourer on Saturday. SYDNEY. September 28. A party of free labourers were surrounded by four hundred miners on strike while they were proceeding to load slack at Greta colliery. One of the free labourers drew a revolver, and! with a view of driving off the crowd ! fired over their heads. This action exasperated the strikers, who rushed! the free labourers, driving them in allj directions, all were, caught except the! man who fired the shot, and were, terribly maltreated. The swags of the! free laborers were burpt, and the police were powerless to prevent the disturbance., ;. r , , September 30. ! Owing to contradictory telegrams which are published it is impossible to arrive at the true, result ,of |tbe call out of shearers. The Magistrates Court has ordered that the 35 shearers who left their employment before agreement was completed should forfeit the amount of wages due, September 80.’ The Broken Hill miners' are very bitter againstthe delegates who attended the conference .with owners, , The statement that; the Labor Defence. Committee endorsed ; the delegates, action canned an immense nproar and cries “we reject everything” were raised. At a number of the raines work is (ready to resumed, the surface men and engineers want to get to work at once but, the others object. 1 It is estimated there are now fifty thousand men on strike in Australia.. The Hunter River Miners Association decline to cot coal for anyone till the dispute is settled.

LONDON. ;; September 29. Tbe Dockers’ Union hold a Congress to-morrow. The. balance sheet to be presented shows that daring the half year ended June 30th the income was .£19,500 and expenses £14,000, including £IO,OOO-strike pay. . The members wages had been increased by 5s 6d per week, taking average all round, and two thousand more men are now employed in Londpu than before the strike. The President’s address speaks in flattering-.-terms ;of;-;the enormus assistance, offered by Australia. , The Union Company have engaged fifty foreign Sailors, and if successful other steam companies- will follow suit.

; adelude, September 30. Unless a supply of coal is shortly forthcoming WalUro and Moonta copper mines will. be shut down, affecting 3700 persons. The Gas Cotno my intend in future vto obtain supplies of coal from England. HOBA.BT, '■■■i'- \Septemb(sr'Bo. The Tasmanian Exhibition has been (postponed till October next year owing tto the strike,

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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 72, 3 October 1890, Page 2

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The Labour Question. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 72, 3 October 1890, Page 2

The Labour Question. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 72, 3 October 1890, Page 2

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