INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7, 2 September 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

AN A HORTIVK CONFERENCE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copysight.) (United Press Association.) Sydney, September 1. A conference of the Whari La'hou.ors* I "11 ion and tho Coastal StcmmsJip Owners failed to arrive at a comproiiiise of the trouble. THE WAJHJ STRIKE. Waiki, August 31. The marked attention given to some of tiie employees while going to and from tlioir work at Waikmo a section of the strikers _ is _ becoming unite a feature in the AVaim and Waikino townsnips. An_ escoi t, iium )Ci■;i r anything from thirty to fifty men, walking close in the rear of one or two individuals, with a running lire ot questions and comments, has born a usual spectacle from the WaiLi lailwiv station. On the arr.val of the train last night there was an addition to the escort to two muploypps on their return from Waikmo, !-Vicn-mut Wohlmann and three constables; swelling the number. A procession comprising fifty men followed dose upon the heels ol the two men. On reaching the residence oi cue oi the men a few'of the attendants and one constable dropped out. The rest foliow- ,, | the solitary, ind'vidnal, who maintained his position in the- van. and ho led the nrocosrion till it arrived at his home. Here the escort disbanded. The questions and comment:? by tbe eseort last evening were not characterised by nnv remarks peculiar to previous escorts. Indeed, there was a marked

reticence, nml as to the men who were followed, their attitude was one of marked indifference. A THOUSAND IDLE. (Received 2, 9.15 a-.in.) London, September 1. A thousand Seghill operatives struck, claiming that they were entitled to itemised pay. I)ISSATISFIEI) PHESSMEN. (Received 2, 10.5 a.m.) New York, September U At Atalanta, Georgia, the pressmen on the three local newspapers struck, owing to failure to negotiate a new wave^scale on the expiration of contracts. It is alleged that the union men refused to submit to arbitration. HOLIDAY WANTED. Thames, September 2. Tronhlc has occurred at the New Sylvia Mine, Tararn, Thames. To-day ti;o men ceased work. It is stated that the trouble lias arisen over tin' employment of a member of the newlyformed Waihi Mine Engine-drivers’ Union. The man in question was employed in the battery, no steam-power being used. It :s said tnat he joined the Thames Miners’ Union on Saturday night. The men to-day decided to cease work—-“not to strike,” explained one, “but to have a holiday so that a certain matter can be dismissed.” At the present time there are no inen employed in the mine, only -battery hands being engaged. It i-,,not known definitely what attitude the afternoon

shift will take up, but it is believed that they will net in ■ the same manner as the nim'mijf shift. If this is so about forty men will have ceased work. i) ili:'. ■■ ; ")(M