THE STRIKE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 82, 6 December 1913, Page 5

THE STRIKE.

AUSTRALIA'S ATTITUDE.

EFFORTS AT ARBITRATION.

[By Eleutrio Telegraph—Copyright]

[Uniteu Fresh Association., (Received 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, December b'

Mr Hughes in a cable to Mr Massesstates that he hopes to use every influence to persuade the employers to accept arbitration. He emphasises that all matters, including the questions of registration and non-registra-tion, preference and non-preference, arbitration, unionists and waterside workers' federation, were embraced in the proposal and will-be decided by an arbitrator.

The Union Company's staff is steadily unloading the Karitane and Tofua. The timber trade is now included

in the "black" list. The wharf laborers refused to unload the Inga. Stringent measures are being taken to overcome "the men's defiance to the conference's order to work certain boats.

Mr Hughes, as president " of the Waterside Workers' Federation, served formal notice on the secretary of the local branch to instruct members to do the required work, and to direct the executive officers to attend the wharves and afford all necessary protection to those prepared to carry out the work, any members refusing or interfering with the others to lie forthwith suspended. This applies to members of'all unions involved. Prior to this ukase, employers asked the wharf laborers' officials themselves to work the boats, but they declined.