THE QUEENSLAND STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 5 March 1912, Page 5

THE QUEENSLAND STRIKE.

WHARF LABORERS' STRIKE. BECAUSE CARGO LOADED BY FREE LABOR. By Cable— Press Association—Copyright. Received o, 9.5 p.m. i Sydney, Mareh 4. The wharf lahorers engaged in loading wheat on ships at Darling Island sprang a surprise to-day. The German steamer Schlesien arrived from llrisbane at the end of the week to load wheat. The wharf laborers, however, declined to work her because a portion of the cargo had been loaded by Queensland free labor. To-day the crew started to put the wheat aboard, and immediately all the laborers engaged in loading the other ships at the Island knocked off, idling a large number of other hands. Altogether there are about a thousand men out, affecting five vessels, and 500 trucks of wheat are waiting to be unloaded. At a meeting later in. the day the. wharf laborers decided to resume in the morning, excepting on the Schlesien* and Prince Waldemar. The latter is blocked because it utilised the crew in coaling. LABOR PRESIDENT'S DOINGS. ' Received 5, 10.55 p.m. Sydney, March 5. The president of the Brisbane Waterside Workers' Union arrived on Satur- i day. It is understood his mission was connected with mutual action on the part of the Brisbane and Sydney waterside men, but he was recalled on Sunday. The reasons for his recall are not stated. FEAR OF VICTIMISATION. Received a, 9.45 p.m. Brisbane, February 5. The Strikers' Committee have again written to the Employers' Federation, asking for a further assurance that there would be no victimisation in the event of the committee ordering all workers back. The Federation replied that it had nothing to add to its previous assurance, and disclaimed any intention to victimise or permit victimisation to any now employed.

THE CARTERS' STRIKE. Brisbane, March 4.' By vote the Amalgamated Engineers' Society favored re-starting work to-day. The Carters' Union of Maryborough struck because masters declined to reinstate a number of the men who were paid off. The waterside workers decided not to handle cargo because it afterwards would be worked by non-union carters.