THE BRISBANE STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 191, 10 February 1912, Page 5

THE BRISBANE STRIKE.

.«. _ r - INCREASED ACTIVITY. STRIKERS' NEW SCHEME. EMPLOYERS' FIRMNESS. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Brisbane, February 9. The Strike Committee is displaying increased activity. ' The trend of the latest proposals is to throw the burden of the fight on the j unions concerned in the main arteries of trade, and gradually to resolve a general strike into a sectional strike involving seamen, waterside workers and coal miners. Unionists returning to work are to contribute funds to keep those mentioned on strike indefinitely. This is a counter-proposal to extending the trouble throughout Australia. Ample funds are coming forward from other States, and there is every prospect of a prolonged struggle. The employers are showing unprecedented firmness regarding whom they re-employ. At the employers' meeting on Wednesday a master butcher stated that the men returned to work of their own volition. The Strike Committee replied by calling them out again, and now all I are out, and a meat famine is threat- j ened. Practically a full tram service is run- ' ning. The manager states that the only thing to interfere now will be the exhaustion of the coal supplies. Enquiries have already been sent to Japan with a view of importing coal to Brisbane. As vessels arrive the seamen are called out. They are considered one of the principal factors in the fight. The committee hope through their agency to completely paralyse trade. Melbourne, February 9. A meeting of the federal executive of the Tramway Employees' Association will be held on Tuesday to arrange for a ballot on the question of a general strike of the tramway employees of Australia. HELP FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. Received 9, 6.10 p.m. Brisbane, February 9. As a result of an appeal to New South Wales unions a sum of £2OOO has been sent to the Brisbane strike fund, and* £6OO additional is promised. STRIKE COMMITTEE. , THREATEN TO ORDER RESUMPTION OF WORK. . Received 9, 10 p.m. Brisbane, February 9. At a mass meeting at the Trades Hall, Coyne, the leader, announced that the Strike Committee had decided that unless the unions in the northern towns remain out an urgent wire would be sent instructing all excepting transport workers to resume wo;'!;. i A VESSEL LAID UP. Received 9, 10 p.m. Adelaide, February 9. j The Adelaide Company's steamer • Woolowara has been laid up till the Brisbane trouble is settled. PRINTERS AT WORK. "THE SOLIDARITY OF LABOR." LEADERS OPTIMISTIC. Received 10, 1 a.m. Brisbane, February 9. The Typographical Association, by a large majority, decided to resume work. Coyne claims that the strike in the north showed'the solidarity of labor. The strike leaders are optimistic, and Bcout any idea of a collapse or a defeat, and are determined to fight to the bitter end. At Townsville the shipping clerks are loading the steamer Taiyuan. The lumpers take no exception, but state-that if free labor is employed there will be trouble. FALSE ALARM. ONLY ONE AUTHORITYEMPLOYERS. Received 10, 1.30 a.m. Brisbane, February 9. The report that the Typographical Association voted for resumption is denied. They will remain on strike. A number of employees in the lithographic branch of the Government Printing Office asked to be taken back. Their request was granted, conditional that in future they would recognise only one authority—their employers. Lightning shattered the flagpole on the Trades Hall and damaged the roof.