THE BRISBANE STRIKE.
THE QUESTION OF PREFERENCE.
EMPLOYERS STICKING TO NONUNIONISTS.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Brisbane, February 15. The Strike Committee issued an order to certain butchers and bakers to return to work. They presented themselves at work under Trades Hall permits. Some masters recognised the permits, but others declined to take the men back. This is the first open test of the preference to unionists issue. All the big employers are holding out, and the Employers' Federation declares that it will stick to the non-unionists.
A stick of dynamite was found wedged in the tramway points. No detonator was attached, but the weight of a tramcar would have exploded' it if it had not been discovered in time.
A meeting of Mackay wharf laborers decided to resume, work. Bundama miners resolved to stand firm and not to turn until the whole of the other unions do so.
In reply to a question whether negotiations have been opened with the Employers' Federation, it having been suggested that the unions might be met in a conciliatory spirit, Mr. Coyne said he '-elieved so and hoped so, but the Strike
tmmittee would insist as a condition ,' settlement that all unionists be reinstated.
MATTERS QUIET,
Received 15, 11, p.m. [Brisbane, February 15.
Strike matters are quiet. Coyne states that the movement towards meeting the Employers' Federation is proceeding satisfactorily.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 196, 16 February 1912, Page 5
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225THE BRISBANE STRIKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 196, 16 February 1912, Page 5
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