WAGES WAR AT HOME

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 61, 2 September 1911, Page 5

WAGES WAR AT HOME

COMPULSORY ARBITRATION URGED. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 31. Mr. W. P. Reeves, in a series of articles in the Chronicle, shows that compulsory arbitration is the way to ■ industrial peace, combined with legislation for the amelioration of labor conditions. He instances the success of the New Zealand Bill, which was copied by Westralia, and used' with modifications and improvements in framing the Commonwealth law. RECOGNITION OF TRADE UNIONS. London, August 31. Giving evidence before the Strike Commission, Mr. Thomas, secretary of the Railwaymen's Society, advocated the recognition of trade unions on the board. He remarked that nothing was more calculated to promote peace among the men than the knowledge that they were officially represented in direct dealings with the employers. A TROUBLE SETTLED. London, August 81. The Great Eastern trouble has been settled, the men having been assured of reinstatement. MOTORS AS A STAND-BY. Received 1, 9.25 p.m. London, September 1. The Automobile Association has offered the Government the services of 35,000 members and 50,000 cars in the event of future strikes. CASES OF INTIMIDATION. Received 1, 9.25 p.m. London, September 1. Mr. Thomas gave the Commission 'specific cases of intimidation by companies. He agreed that there should be no stoppage of work until all conciliation processes were exhausted. Other »witnesses empha»l«ed the delay I in conciliation methods. They were" wil- I ling to withhold union assistance where men violated an agreement. ENORMOUS LOSS BY STRIKERS. '

' Received 1, 11.10 p.m. London, September 1. It is estimated that the ten months' colliery strike in South Wales represents a loss of three millions sterling. WHAT RAMSAY MACDONALD PREDICTS. MR. BARNES' ADVICE TO LABOR. Received 1, 11.10 p.m. London, September 1. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, M.P., writing in the newspaper Labor Leader, states- that the day of little strikes which make uo difference is over. Strikes now must be widespread; with crueller results. Mr. Barnes, M.P., in the same journal, gays that Labor must cease to waste its substance in sectional disputes, and stop the waste of its resources in maintaining a multitude of committees and boards, pottering ineffectively. The South Wales Miners' Federation resolved to request an eariy meeting of the Conciliation Board to consider the demand for a minimum wage. THE LIVERPOOL INQUEST. JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. Received 1, 11.10 p.m. London, September 1. At the inquest at Liverpool evidence showed that two shots were fired from the crowd, one of which probably killed Prendergast. Witnesses vindicated the troop's' action, and a verdict of justifiable homicide was returned.