THE ADELAIDE STRIKE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 214, 19 December 1910, Page 5

THE ADELAIDE STRIKE

MiffE PREVENTING INTERFERENCE. RIOTING FEARED. By Cabk —Press Association—Copyright. Adelaide, December 17. Both sides in the strike express great determination not to give in. The men say that the whole of their demands must be acceded to. Order has been restored in the streets. Troopers and police have been drawn from all parts of the country. Several carts and waggons have been driven, and no attempt was made to molest them, on account of definite instructions given thte police to prevent interference.

The employers held a meeting, and decided not to grant a further conference until work was resumed.

An unusual incident took place at the West End Brewery, a large number of barrels of beer being rolled to different hotels. The secretary of the Liquor Trades Union threatened to call out all the men, but the rolling continued. Pedler, organiser of the Drivers' Union, stated that there had not yet been a conflict with the police, but the police were getting very irritating, and if it continued there would be'trouble, as their present attitude was bound to cause riots. Some employers who agreed to the men's demands are now withdrawing their consent. The Commissioner of Police stated, in an interview, that the police could not interfere with strikers releasing horses from vehicles unless actual violence was resorted to. The Attoraev-General states that this

is quite incorrect. The Premier, speaking at Port Adelaide, declared emphatically that law and order must prevail. He was determined to maintain the honor and reputation of British subjects in South Australia.