INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 66, 8 September 1911, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

THE COST OF STRIKES. ' By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, September 0. It is estimated that the Rhondua Valley strike has depleted the South Wales Federation funds by £IOO,OOO, while the donations from the English a«id Scottish societies total £75,000, were also dissipated. The printers' strike in London cost the society £40,000 in six months. The general unrest in Europe is attributed to the universal increase in food prices consequent on the drought. UNIONISTS AND THE ARMY. IxMidon, September (1. The Union Congress, by 0300 votes to 1 ~700,(100, rejected a resolution m favor of a citizen army entirely free from military law during peace, and to be used for defensive pairposes only. Mir. Will Thorne, M.P., supported the proposal. Mr. John Ward, M.P., ridiculed Mr. Thome's scheme, which, he said, was identical with Lord Roberts', and stated that the army in. Switzerland killed 18 workers during a trade dispute. WHITE BEFORE BLACK SEAMEN. Received 7, 9.35 p.m. London, September 7. Five hundred unemployed negro seamen at Cardiff declare that since the recent strike raised their wages, shipowners prefer to employ Englishmen. TOE LOCOMOTIVE MEN. Received' 7, 0.35 p.m. London, September 7. Before the Railway Commission, dealing with the locomotive men's case, a witness declared that a meeting of the whole of the locomotive men resolved not to recognise conciliation unless their union was recognised. NO WHEAT BE]NO HANDLED. Received 8, 12.35 a.m. Sydney, September 7. The wheat handlers' strike is unsettled and no wheat Is being loaded.