LABOR TROUBLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 350, 30 March 1910, Page 5

LABOR TROUBLES.

SUPPORT FOR SOUTH WALES. tty Cable.—Frees Association.—Copyright London, March 2(5. Mr. Wadsworth, a Commoner, secretary of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, speaking at Denaby, said the Association was determined to support South Wales. If it were true that "the cost of production had increased as a result of the operation of tht Eight Hours Act, it must be borae by th« consumers, and not taken out of the bone and sinew of the Welsh miners. A BETTER OUTLOOK. London, March 27. The coal-owners at Cardiff have submitted revised proposals, which hare ■been favorably received, but the men's representatives resist the "abnormal places" clause. This will be arbitrated on, if the other clauses are finally accepted. The Times, commenting on Mr. Wadsworth's statement, states that sine* 1902 the cost of production of coal hj&« increase by twenty pence per ton. The men are not feelins the pinch of 10-w wages, because the selling price of coal, which governs wages, remains high, but both parties should be concerned as to what will happen if the selling prise falls. REPLACING STRIKERS. CANADIAN WORKMEN EXASPERATED.

A DRASTIC BILL. Ottawa, March 26. Labor circles in Canada are exasperated at the Dominion Coat and Iron ■Company of Nova Scotia arranging to import a thousand English miners to replace the strikers. A nrivate Bill has been introduced in the Nova Scotia Legislature making the masters' recognition of trade unions compulsory and forbidding the importation of men to replace strikers. ENGINEMEN'S WAGES. Received March 29 9.20 p.m. Newcastle, Last Night. The Enginedrivers' Wages Board fixed pay ranging from to lGy 8 d per hour for drivers, and fo" mechanics from 13y s d to 16d per houi. GREAT STRIKE FEARED. Received March 29, -.MO p.m. New York March 29. The united mineworker- unanimously rejected the Ohio, Indian,i, and West Pennsylvania mineowner-' terms. A great strike is feared PROTEST AGAINST CUDICIAL DECISION. Received March 29. 9.20 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. The New South Wales Tiades Union Congress has opened. A rr solution was passed protesting against ~'udge Hevdon placing the free laborers' union on the Wharf Laborers' Wages Hoard. TIMBER-STACKERS STRIKE PROBABLE. Received March 29 9.20 p.m. Melbourne last Night. Owing to a dispute anion r the timberstackers there is a likelihood of trouble. If the difficulty is not promptly adjusted it is said the Timber Merchants' Association will close th'> yard?, causing a lockout, which will -be disastrous to the 'building trades t'n owing thousands of men idle. MICHIGAN RAIT.W7A MEN. Received March 2). 9 20 p.m. New Yor'\ March 20. The union of trainmen a .id conductors at Lakeshore. Michigan. Southern Railroad, are taking a ballot owing to the failure of negotiations to sr-ttle an outstanding dispute. Twenty thousand men are affected.