"BEST INDUSTRIAL FIGHT!"

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 213, 7 March 1912, Page 5

"BEST INDUSTRIAL FIGHT!"

IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY. BRISBANE STRIKE ENDED. STRIKERS WILL NOT BE VICTIMISED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 6, 8.35 p.m. Brisbane, March 6. The Strike Committee has declared the strike off. Mr. Covsiv. in officially announcing the decision, said that all the trades still out, including the wharf laborers and coal miners, will resume to-morrow. The committee was enabled to take the step because it had received the assur- ' ance of the Employers' Federation that | there would be no victimisation, also the assaurance of the southern transport unions that they would stand by the Brisbane union for six months, if necessary. The announcement waa made to a large gathering of strikers. Mr. Coyne, in a later speech, claimed that they had fought probably the best industrial fight in the world's history. They had b«en opposed to brutal ferocity, a lying press, and every force of capital. It was not the Strike Committee's fault that the port of Brisbane had been closed. The committee moved to alter that state of affairs, but the employers declined to meet them. The assurance from the Employers' Federation covered most of the callings, except the tramways and railways. Th« tramwaymen and railwaymen who were out would not suffer, as they would be provided for for some time to come. In order to ensure the safety of the workers the Strike Committee would not disband, because the transport work- ! ers all along the coast would come oui • when instructed to do so by the com- i mittee. 1

WHARF LABORERS RESUME. Received 7, 12.45 a.m. Sydney, March 6. The settlement of the strike at Brisbane ends the trouble in Sydney. A meeting of wharf laborers to-night decided to work all the boats and all cargoes to-morrow. Large quantities of goods for Brisbane are awaiting shipment. COYNE STILL ANTAGONISTIC. Received 7, 12.45 a.m. Brisbane, March 6. Mr. Coyne asked the tramwaymen and railwaymen to remain solid and not to apply for work at present, as they might take a job from another unionist. They had nothing to fear, as assistance was coming from all parts of the Commonwealth and New Zealand. The strikers resume at 10 to-morrow, or as early as possible. There is a general belief that the strike has ended. The secretary of the Employers' Federation has expressed gratification that the strike is off., and hoped business would soon resume normal conditions.