INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 164, 10 January 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

NO SUGAR FOR JAM-MAKING. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ' Hobart, January 9. The jam industry in Tasmania is threatened, owing to the inability to obtain sufficient supplies of sugai, through the refusal of the Sydney wharf laborers t6 work overtime. Several vessels sailed leaving quantities of sugar on the wharf. The proprietors of' the biggest factory have threatened to close the work?. STRIKE IN ARGENTINA.: j Buenos Ayres, January 8. . ! The masters accepted, but the rail- ' waymen rejected, the intervention of the Minister of the Interior, and a widespread strike began for increased pay and shorter hours. The handling of the new wheat crop will be seriously impeded. A STRIKE PREVENTER. London, January 8. Mr. James Thomas, M.P. for Cardiff, said he fully accepted the responsibility for preventing the railway strike at Christmas. He was not going to be hounded out of office, by a lot of hooligans who knew nothing of the sacrifices made in building up the organisation. ADMIRALTY TAKING PRECAUTIONS;" ' Received 9, 10 p.m. J London, January 9. j In view of a possible strike the Admiralty is arranging for a heavy stock of Welsh coal. J THE NON-UNIONIST'S POSITION. Received 9, 11.25 p.m. J London, January 9. 1 A mass meeting at Accrington adopted | a resolution declaring that while the ■■ operatives should be members of a union, the question of non-unionists should ' not be made the cause of a strike. j The meeting requested the leaders to { secure a settlement. THE CAMBRIAN COMBINE. PEACE BY COMPROMISE. Received 9, 11.25 p.m. London, January 9. Mr. Thomas, chairman of the Cambrian Combine collieries, declared that recent efforts to effect peace by compromise had been set aside, and now the struggle was coming to a critical stage.' He wished to make it clear that the masters considered outside intervention undesirable, and were going, to manage their own affairs. It was inadvisable that the Board of Trade should interfere. It was not a matter for arbitration, as the question of principle was involved.

BRADFORD LOCK-OUT THREATENED. Received 9, 11.25 p.m. London, January 9. The Bradford masters resolved upon a loclf-out, unless the woolcombers re- 1 same on Wednesday. Also they will not i renew the agreement to secure labor through the operatives' union, and assert that a year's trial proved a failure. Henceforth "they will require unionists and non-unionists to work together. POSTMEN'S DEMANDS. Received 9, 11.23 p.m. London, January 9. The Postmen's Federation formulated demands for submission to .a, select com- ' mitte. They include an eight hours day. increased recognition of the unions, a wages standard based on the cost of living, and restoration of civil rights. THE DISCHARGE NOTE TROUBLE. Received 9, 11.25 p.m. : London, January 9. A conference of the Shipbuilders" Federation and the Workmen's Federation was held at Carlisle. It was mutually agreed to discuss the discharge notes system on the 18th, provided the strike is resumed. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES STRIKE. Received 10, 1.5 a.m. Perth, January 9. Owing to the refusal of the Railway Commissioner to grant the demand of the engineers and ironworkers employed j by the Department for an increase, they have ceased work; About a thousand are out so far. Transit and signal employees are unaffected.