WORK AND WAGES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 137, 19 September 1910, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES

TO BOUSE THE WORKERS. DEFYING THE LAW. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received September 18, 5.5 p.m. London, September 17. Some unions have determined to pay levies in defiance of the Osborne judgment, thereby disobeying the injunctions, hoping, that the leaders will be imprisoned, thus thoroughly rousing tde working class. The Taff Vale case cost the trade unions £87,000, and the Osborne case £7OOO. The Labor Party's present reserve fund is £IO,OOO. 'Mr. W. J. Davis, interviewed, declared that the money behind the objectors to the levy emanates from the haters of trade unions. TO OVERCOME THE OSBORNE DECISION. Received September 18, 5.5 p.m. London, September 17. To overcome the Osborne difficulty, the Lancashire and Cheshire miners have formed a political organisation, with a one shilling annual subscription. A BROTHERHOOD PROSPECT. Received September 18, 5.5 p.m. London, September 17. The Ship-builders' Federation will hold a joint meeting with the Boilermakers' representatives on Wednesday, and thereafter will join the Trades Committee. GENERAL COAL STRIKE. Received September 19, 12.20 a.m. London, September 18. Despite the Miners' Federation Executive promising strike pay if 12,000 Cambrian companies' miners gave a month's notice, the Cardiff Conference decided to Iballot the question of a general strike in connection with fch© whole coal field. THE COTTON TRADE DISPUTE. London, September 16. The Lord Mayor of Manchester offered to arbitrate in the cotton dispute, but •both sides are unyielding pending the meeting of the Cotton Spinners' Federation on Monday to decide whether there shall ibe a general lock-out. THE SHEARERS' TROUBLE. Dunedin, September 17. Mr. Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, last night received the following telegram from Mr. Waddell, secretary of the Canterbury Shearers' Union:—"The Shearers' Federation ar» taking a vote on Saturday for. 22s 6d per hundred. What steps are you taking J Settlement urgent." Mr. Pryrir replied that the employers will abide by the decision of the Arbitration Court. The Star predicts that the shearers' dispute will be settled without the intervention of the Court. It suggests an agreement on the basis of 20s per hundred and the old conditions.