INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 175, 23 January 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

A REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. WARNING TO UNIONISTS. By Cable —Press Awociatioi—Copyright. London, January 21. Sir J. Compton Rickett, speaking at Southelmstall, said it was for the trade union leaders to apply what pressure they thought fit against capitalists, but if the pressure was converted into a national uprising, threatening the lives and interests of the Whole community, trades unionism might transmute into a revolutionary aovement *\ hich the Government was bound to oppose. He dreaded unarmed masses being brought' into conflict with modern weapons. STRIKE IN THE ARGENTINE. Buenos Aires, January 21. The railway companies refused to dismiss new hands. The railwaymen, however, insist on the re-engagement of all strikers. The Government has decided not to mediate longer, and is determined to <• ensure the working of the railways. Two thousand passengers, angered at '.the delay, wreckedv* station. ENGINE-DRIVERS GO OUT. Received 22, 8.40 p.m. Sydney, January 22. The engine-drivers of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation Works have struck, refusing to handle non-union coal, in support of the company's miners already on strike. Altogether about 400 employees are affected. STUBBORN WHARF HANDS. Received 23, 1.5 a.m. Sydney, January 22. The wharf laborers' trouble in connection with the Adelaide and North Coast companies is unsettled. " The former company issued a notice to-day, offering to engage hands, but there was no response. A mass meeting of wharf laborers tonight rejected the employers' offer, and decided to adhere to their previous demands. The result will be reported to the conference of the two sides on Wednesday. THE LITHGOW TROUBLE. . Sydney, January 22. Mr. Hoskins arranged a conference with the Lithgow strikers to-day to discuss the situation. As the result of the Lithgow strike the Bulli colliery, which is largely dependent on the ironworks to take its output of coke, is idle, and two hundred men are out A NEWSPAPER STRIKE. Perth, January 22. Owing to the proprietary of the Daily News not adopting the new agreement between the newspaper proprietors and the Australian Journalists' Association, the literary staff obeyed the association's call to a conference. The paper was published without their aid, and mainly consisted of the statement of the proprietors' case, the compositors declining to set non-unicn copy. The tramway employees have declined to handle bundles of papers, and some vendors have refused to sell.

BRISBANE TRAMWAYMEN. Brisbane, January 22. The tramwaymen have asked for a conference with the company. Only three engineers at the power-house obeyed the call to cease work. The manager states that their places will be filled. There will be 110 difficulty in supplying power.

STRIKES, AT PERTH. Perth, January 22. The engineers and aerated water employees'' strikes are not settled. Barmen are boycotting the hotels where the United Aerated Water Factories have not conceded the men's demands.