THE RECENT SRIKE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 22 December 1913, Page 6

THE RECENT SRIKE.

CONDITIONS ON THE WEST COAST,

CONFERENCE

[Per Press Assooiatjon.)

Westport, December 23

I _The tleleg-ates frenl the coal miners ‘ on _.the West Coast, arc.st_iH .sitting in collf‘.:l'ellce, cmlsidering matters in re-lu.t-ien to resuming.work.. Ne decision was am_lounce:l up to noon. The Uniun COnIp.{I.II_Y,.‘IIHIIOUIICCEI. to the mine."s’ .l'epl'eselltabives: “We are go-I ing to protect}.olll-selves,iu regard to] coal. Al'l'zlngelll(!zlts are now in train by which..we can inmxediately close an order. for sufficient, to keep us. going for some:mon'th:s.” . Tllirty menfat the Seddonvillel State.l||ilre ' 'coimnellce(l ' work this morning Jou(l'in«,; slack into trucks to supply :1 'Uni(§}'n 'Compzuly order. Three shift.~.j. will be‘ worked. It is understood: that the .m'en" are ready to enter the m~il'les~,uh.en the whiétlc blows. CHRISTCHURCH M-ATTE-RS V Clu-istclrurcll, Decelnber 23. Enrolment f()l'fi'._)s of‘che Arbitration Union were (listfihtztcd in the strikers’ camp to-(lay. _. Some tilled them in,- but the men are not zu:ce_pting the conditions readil_\i. " They feel that under the system of s',111)e1-vision and ballot in confie(:bioll ‘wit-I1 the enrolment vict'mli:~at.ion will occur. .

The port is busy to-day. Theiwm-k----ers, including a number ofT_ex-s'brik-érs and manyi inmnbers of t-}le zlrbi'tration Imion_do notTinten‘d__to yemaiiz over New Year.‘ V i WORK SGARGE IN AUGKLANI-L. N EW‘ YEAR..W.U¥L_BEI_.BUSY,-j ' Auck]a,fld, December 23.- ’ Workvon the '\{?atel‘fl'ont is .scar.ce.. Many oi‘ tile_fl'_)}‘i_ll(;3l' strikers were gathered on the whzrrves today, but dispersed \\'llm‘l a notice was posted up stating tihat.no applications for niembershipfiti the new miion..will he‘ collsi(lerc.d until after/‘the New Yeari liolidays. _ A _ j A busy period is uzqiected. after the liolidzzys. ‘ . k _