Second Edition. WATERSIDERS' STRIKE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 59, 10 November 1913, Page 6

Second Edition. WATERSIDERS' STRIKE.

THE WORK AT THE WHARVES. -:■ re <th »r*r r r < ?■ 3r NEW UNION GROWING. -V - ■ >fy •* t iv' C * }K3 > f i [Per Press Association.] * Wellington,. November 10. Cargo operations are in full swing at Glasgow and King’s wharves today. Another lot) railway trucks laden with cheese and butter arrived from Taranaki and stations along the line, and the work of putting the produce aboard the Athenic was commenced. .... The llimutaka, which has been lying out in the stream for over a fortnight, was berthed at 10 a.m. She has 4000 tons of general cargo, Avhicli is being unloaded. The fruit on the Willochra is being landed, good work being done by the arbitrationists. Five gangs of men are at work at different hatches. For the first time since the strike commenced, one of the Harbor Board’s cranes was placed in commission today. Hitherto all cargo handled has been by means of the ships’ winches. The membership of the new Wharf Laborers’ Union continues to grow. Seventy new members joined to-day, making the roll number 270.

It is expected a start will he made after one o’clock to convey the Willochra fruit to market. It will be conveyed by mounted specials.

Rioters at Court. At the Magistrates’ Court to-day James Patrick Haseett was charged with taking part in the riot in Taranaki Street on 3rd November, and with having attempted to murder John Cullen, Commissioner of Police. Accused was remanded till Wednesday. John Brackenbridge Love was fined £3O or 14 days’ imprisonment for using obscene language to special constables. Edward Kelleher was fined a similar amount for assault. Worried over, the Strike. A fireman employed at Miramar gas works was charged with attempting to comihit suicide. It wa? explained that accused had been brooding over the strike and had worried himself into such a state that he attempted to "cut his throat. ~He was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. AJFfILIATED NEW , UNIONS'. Wellington, November 10. In connection with the opinion of the Wanganui watersiders, who are federated with;Napier, Gisborne and the Bluff, that the new union of watcrsiders at Wellington should affiliate, a mass meeting of men of the new union was held to-day. It was deci- , ded to reply to Wanganui as follows At a mass meeting just held the following resolution was passed: “That the union affiliate with the New Zealand Waterside Workers’ Federation, and that the officials of the Union at, once applj* to the Federation for such affiliation.”

AN M.L.C.'S. OPINION. THE “PAWNS IN THE CAME." Wellington, Novembter 10. The Hon. J. Barr, in an interview,, described the call for a general strike ag a mad one. The Federation, of Labour, he said, was fighting, for its existence, and the waterside workeis and other unions had become mere . pawns in the game. The leaders and their supporters had shown themselves utterly incompetent to lead, and all the unions were in danger of being swept away. Even the Arbitration Act was in serious danger. He considered there had been no occasion to strike at all. He appealed to unionists not to be side-tracked by those who now found themselves surrounded by difficulties of their own creation. THE RAILWAYMEN UNLIKELY TO . , „ STRIKE. .CITIZENS 1 DEFENCE MANIFESTO It is extremely unlikely that the railwayman will strike.. If they did they would forfeit payments under the superannuation fund and if reinstated they would have to pay an increased scale. The citizens’ defence committee, m an official manifesto, declares that they are more determined than ever to stapd firm to the principles of the t Arbitration Act. It is impossible to negotiate with any other body but the new union. In view of the call to extend the strike, the breach has been widened, and the committee now regards the strike as a struggle between. the people of New Zealand and the tyranny of the Federation of Labor. It appeals to all responsible citizens of the Dominion to assist to maintain law *ihd order, so that the crisis may be speedily and satisfactorily settled.

ELTHAM DAIRY COMPANY. A VALUABLE CONSIGNMENT. Eltham, November 10. The Eltham Dairy Company have forwarded to Moturoa 1240 crates of cheese and 149 boxes of butter for the Athenic, between 1000 and 1400 crates cheese for the Rimutaka, and 500 crates of cheese for the Corinthic. The total value amounts to about £13,000. It is understood that the consignment for the Athenic, valued at £5400, has been despatched from Moturoa for Wellington,

PRODUCE AT MOTUROA. THE ATHENIC CONSIGNMENT. New Plymouth, November 10. Fifteen thousand boxes of butter and 5000 crates of cheese have been railed to Wellington for shipment by the Athenic from Mottiroa works, leaving about 10,000 boxes of butter for the next steamer. Efforts are being made to bring the fiimutaka to Moturoa to load this and the further supplies coming forward. THE STRIKERS’ FAMILIES. NO SHIPPING WORKED. Auckland, November 10. A procession of four or five hundred wives and children of strikers paraded the streets adjacent to the waterfront this morning and laughed and jeered at the special police. They carried a banner with the inscription: “We have come to see cookies.” A young man with them who had a heavy baton protruding from his hip pocket, was arrested by the police on a charge of insulting language. He was hurried away smartly before there was anv attempt to interfere.

The procession halted at the Grey statue and was addressed *by Mr Canham. There was no attempt to-day to work shipping. Ihe employe!s aro reticent.

A WARNING TO FARMERS. THE MAORI’S CREW PAID OFF. Christchurch, November 10. Lytetlton is* quiet. The Strike Committee issued a manifesto warning farmers against assistaing shipping, and stating also that the union this morning held a meeting and dealt with members charged with attempting to form an arbitration union, and the members promised to abstain in the future. The punishment was left in the hands of tire committee. The Maori has paid off her otew.

The announcement in the papers that a general strike had been called for to-morrow in other centres caused consternation, but inquiries' showed that there is small danger of an immediate stoppage on a large scale. . Employers decided that unless action is forced upon them, they will take no steps to break the strike this week.