THE MINERS' STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 312, 10 January 1908, Page 2

THE MINERS' STRIKE.

ARROGANCE OF LABOR. Sydney, January !). A IB.IBH meeting of Sydney wharf laborers decided, in sympathy witSi the Newcastle wharf laborers, not to handle the cargo of vessels belonging to the North Coast Company, the Newc*slk' Company, or the JHaVarra Company. The dispute is over rates and the question of the reinstatement of certain mon on the wharven. At a mass meeting of th<; Terallm miners held last night, Mr McWilliams, Acting-l resident of the -Miners' Federation, plainly told the men that the Fed eration was simply not in a position t< I fight just now. It was not in the posin 't had been a couple of months "go If it had been, the whole of the real trade of New South Wales might have been dislocated. ~J hC f^ r ! n l 0f tlle would indicate that the court will now continue its career unchecked.

MEN ABSENTING THEMSELVES. COALING BEING BONE BY CHEWS. Received 10tb, 1 a.m. Sydney, January !). No unionist wharf laborers offered themselves at the Newcastle or Iliawarn Company's wharves to-day. The work of loading and discharging is being done by the crews of the vessels and free laboreru. The North Coast Company is practically unaffected, as they employ nonunionists sometimes. ' I The position at the Newcastle wharves Is unaltered. ALL THE COLLIERIES WORKING. Received Jan. !), 9.18 p.m. Sydney, January 9. All the Teralba collieries arc workim? to-day.