INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 57, 2 March 1912, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

ATTEMPTED TRAM WRECKING. (By Electric Telegrapn.-rCopyriglit.): (United ,r,, ress Association.): . ! >'•' ■'■'." ' . '■: i (Received Brisbane, March 2.A large stone discovered on a tram. line is believied to show a deliberate i attempt to wreck a tram. ' , j ENGLISH COAL STRIKE. VARIOUS NEWSPAPER VIEWS. (Received 2, 11 a.m.) London, March 1. The strike is in full swing, and a million men are idle; iilcludrng surfacemen. The lack of coal 'is hampering innumerable industries. AJiast furnaces at ..-Middlesborough, and in 'Scotland have dosed' down, and' a hundred thousand colliers in Scotland have struck. -Fifty steamers arei<lyUng idle at Glasgow, owing to the lack of coal'.' The'Scottish eriemtfiontrrfins to England lilave been cancelled. Eng...Ush railways are dechnnig habil.tj arising from the delay to traffic, ine ■. iron exchange at-. Birmingham is at a standstill. Most of .the ironmasters are closing to-morrow. There is much excitement among the spinners in Lancashire, Who Jiave a fortnight s supply of coal. The Admiralty lias chartered two s'ix thousand ton steamers to fetch American coal.;, The conferences in London but Ire ifmv -suspended- till'Monday. Sixtyeight rjcr cent, are now in favour of a minimum wage. . ' r'; :; ',, The' "Moving' says-, the Liberal and Conservative m the House of Commons are apprehensive that if the wage is granted to miners other classes earning less than miners wHll urge similar ckims'. •/ ' , . . The "Morning Post," emphasising . that compulsory legislation"'would he .futile, contends that a victory for syndicalism would be a disaster of the first magnitude, and 'it is the Government's paramount duty to protect free labour. The Army, Territorials, \ and Reserves should be used to ensure the handling of coal and the working of the mines if necessary. It recalls M. Briand's action in smashing the , railway strike. The "Standard" says the principle of the minimum wage is inherently vicious and susceptible of disastrous i extension. Failure of conferences. (Received 2, 12.15, p.m.) London, March 1. Mr. Churchill i's'moturing a plan to experiinent with a Piessel oil engine in a cruiser. ' The miners declined the Premier's invitation to again meet the owners, that jjh'|y stood to their demands. . '" IJmg. Amuithjn the -House of Com- ' Mnfc, ,r Wnßunce<!ft \WMfmA of3|fc conference. He promised a fuller statement on Monday. AUCKLAND LABOURERS. '-''lt a meeting of the 1 era' Union this evening a resolution was passed endorsing the rj^itfh/of, the Auckland general laKoOrers*, ifi their dispute with the employers, and ■•!promising, in ■ .the,,event of a strike, ;. financial aid 'to tjie extent of 10 per, " cent, of earnings, and more if necessary.