WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7717, 20 January 1905, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES.

IROS WORKERS STRIKE «*!l Siipbnilders Join In. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. IS. At Yaroslavsk twdfve thousand '-HhipbuiWere in tho Russian Government yards joined the Putiilofl strik- ' crs. This has stopped the comple- ! fcng of gunboats and submarines. ' There are now fifty thousand strik- | ers in St. Petertljurg. ft. A THREATEHIHG CRISIS. lew Leader and Bigger Demands. I (Received Jan. 19, 9.24 p.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 19. \ Sixty thousand St. Petersburg ', strikers, under the leadership of j. a priest named Garpon. are claim. \< ing an eight hours' day, and for- , mulating political reforms excee Ing 'j those asked for'by the Zemstvo3. I, The military are concent.aling at t the, capital. \ S PRUSSIAN COLLIERIES IDLE. < - '""■ _ ' Rise in Newcastle Prices. LONDON, Jau. 18. There are one hundred and seventy five thousand strikers .In the ftcst- , phalian mines. Coal from Newcastle is a shilling a ton higher. The freight market bus also advanced. (Received Jan. 10, 9.80 p.m.) BERLIN, Jan. 19. The stiikerj are terrorising nonunionists at Dortmund. They also J, stomd the police, who used" their swo:ds on the mob. NEWCASTLE COLLIERS BACKING DOWN. Make Offers to Owners. (Received Jan. 19, 9.21 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 19. At a meeting of the Minersi' i'C-rieta-ri'.n delegates it was decided to ask coal owners ( u meet representatives of thj miners and wheelcis at an open conference as eaily as ik>s~~ W sible. An aggregate meeting oi I wheelers also decided to return to " work if the reduction in wages is made five instead of ten per cent., against which they struck. A meeting of coal owners will be held in Sydney to-morrow fa. discussi the mfners' and wheelers' offers and other matters. (Received Jan. 20, 1.1 a.m.) SYDNEY. Jan. 19. The wheelers, in offering to nccept a five per cent, reduction, stipulate that the matter must come before the Arbitration Court within three weeks. , Twenty-five foreign vessels are at Ncwcasrlc awaiting coal. POSITION ON THE RAND. LAST YEAR'S LABOUR PAYMENTS. (Received Jan. 19, 9.36 p.m.) CAPETOWN, Jan. 19. The Government mining engineer on thj Rand states that the native labour supply is : most unsatisfactory, and Ijt-he employment of Euro- • peons as stopgaps at the mines has disorganised the generul work. Six millions sterling was paid in salaries and wages for the year ended June, of which £4,794,000 was paid for. white labour.