LABOR TROUBLES.
BOILERMAKERS' LOCK-OUT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ! London, September 4. Twenty-five thousand boilermakers and 15,000 platers and rivet-heaters ihave been locked out in the North of England and Scotland, The masters declare themselves in dead earnest. A conference between the Employers' Federation and the men's representatives will be held next week. UNEMPLOYMENT NOT GENERAL. Received September 5, 9.35 p.m. London, September 5. Of the employees of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation only one-third are affected, the remainder being in full .employment, including those working for Belfast and Thames firms. Five places on the Clyde are able to subscribe to those locked out. The Boilermakers' Association's assets total £135,000, whereof £20,000 is immediately available. The rest, including £84,000 in the superannuation fund, will take six months to realise. The lock-out allowance will be 12s a week. Employers do not seek a financial guarantee, but that work shall not be resumed until satisfactory arrangements are made and assurances are given in regard to future working. ,The Times opines that increasing briskness of trade and shortness of funds will favor a short strike.
SYDNEY SLAUGHTERMEN. HELP FROM NEW ZEALAND. Wellington, Last Night. Intimation has been received by the New Zealand Slaughtermen's Union from Mr. Furse, secretary of tile Slaughtermen's Union at Sydney, asking for financial assistance in connection with the strike there. The request has been communicated to the various unions throughout the Dominion. A donation of £lO has been made to the strike funds by the Wellington General Laborers' Union. The principal differences of the dissatisfied unionists with their employers are with respect to the rate of wages and the number of hours of employment per week.
GREAT SHIPPING STRIKE. London, September 4. Mr. Havelock Wilson, secretary of the Seamen's Federation, informed an interviewer that the meetings at South Shields had arranged that all ports in Great Britain, the Continent and Australia should ask the men if they wera prepared to quit their ships at a given signal. The meetings included unionists and non-unionists. REPORT DISCREDITED IN AUSTRALIA. Received September C, 1.15 a.m. Melbourne, September 5. The Maritime Unions state that they have heard nothing from Mr. Havelock Wilson regarding the proposal to hold meetings in Australia. Senator Guthrie, president of the Seamen's Union, says that nothing official has ibeen received, and he is inclined to discredit the report. RAILWAY STRIKE. Adelaide, September 5. The strikers' on the railway -works total 600.
THE SPANISH STRIKES. -Madrid, September 4. The strike at Bilbao is collapsing. The leaders state that 25,000 men are idle. The men at Saragosa resolved to resume work to-morrow.
NEWSPAPERS CEASE PUBLICATION. Received September 5, 11.5 p.m. Madrid, September 5. Sympathy in Bilbao is with labor. The committee ordered a general strike. Barcelona members invested the printing offices and forced the stoppage of newspapers, which ase not now appearing. WELSH OOALMINERS' STRIKE. TEN THOUSAND IDLE. Received September 6, 12.40 a.m. London, September 5. Workmen employed in the Cambrian combine at Rhondda Valley resolved to keep idle two pits, as a protest at the dismissal of a workman in another pit. It was further resolved to strike without notice. Ten thousand are affected, due to thousands of badly paid quarrymen of North Wales moving, and the South Wales workers refusing to join the unions.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 126, 6 September 1910, Page 5
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542LABOR TROUBLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 126, 6 September 1910, Page 5
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