INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 86, 2 October 1911, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

EXPELLED FROM A UNION. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright London, September 29. Seventeen members of the Westhouse's Locomotive Society at Erewash Valley have been expelled from the union because they were loyal to the Midland Company during the recent strike. Those expelled include the treasurer, who refuses to hand over money and books until legally compelled. THE IRISH STRIKES. London, September 29. All the small bakeries at Dublin have been closed, causing great privation in the poorer districts. • AN ABORTIVE CONFERENCE. Received 1, 5.5 p.m. London, September 30. The coal owners and miners held a joint conference, but failed to find a national basis of settlement in respect to wages for abnormal working places. STRIKE OF AMERICAN RAILWAY WORKSHOPMEN. Received 2, 1 a.m. New York, October 1. A strike has been declared by the American railway workshopmen. Twenty to thirty thousand men are out throughout the country.

MT. LYELL STRIKE. A SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT. OTHER UNIONS JOIN IN. Received 2, 1 a.m. ■Melbourne, October 2. A serious development of the Mt. Lyell strike has occurred. The federated engine-drivers and firemen have decided to join in the dispute, and intend to insist on the reinstatement of the deposed miner. The Waterside Workers' Association and Wharf Laborers' Union are also determined to make common cause. A UNION HEAVILY FINED. Received 1 a.m. Perth, October 1. The Collie Miners' Association was fined £IBO in connection with the recent strike. THE LITIIGOW DISPUTE. Sydney, September 30. Mr. ('armicliael. after an interview with both sides in the Lithgow dispute, stated that the parties are determined to abide by the positions taken up. So far he had been unable to find any common ground whereon an arrangement was basable, but he had not given up hope.