INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 284, 28 May 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

A SPANISH STRIKE. B7 Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Madrid, May 26. The Andalusian railwaymen have struck against the provident fund, for which deductions were taken from their wages. They demand the distribution of the fund. DEMANDS OF THE CARMEN. London, May 25. Carmen are demanding a sixty hours' week, and an increase in wages. A SHIPOWNER'S PROTEST. FOOD SUPPLIES. London, May 26. Shipowners in London have issued a statement declaring that in the negotiations in 1911 the men's representatives distinctly disclaimed the demand that only unionist!? should be employed. Mr. Burns, President of the Local Government Board, begged the owners not to insist on the insertion of a clause specifically mentioning the fact, as the previous agreement covered it. The joint strike is causing concern at Aldershot, as there is insufficient meat for the troops at the Whitsuntide training of the Territorials-. The military authorities are preparing to send troops to handle foodstuffs if necessary. (BRITISH SOCIALIST CONFERENCE. London, May 26. Mr. Henry Hyndman, addressing the British Socialist Conference, said that he was confident that the conference would approve of soldiers not firing on sweated and swindled workers. The present Government excelled its predecessors in gulling the workers to remain wage slaves. Labor members had proved worse than incompetent. THE MINERS' STRIKE. London, May 26. At the sitting of the Northumberland Miners' Wages Board the owners agreed to advance wages 3% per cent. Fogg colliery at Redcliff, Northumberland, has been closed, owing to the increase of wages, and 500 workers are thrown out of employment. THE STRIKERS' MANIFESTO. A DEMONSTRATION. STRIKE OF COMPOSITORS. Received 27, 11 p.m. London, May 27. The strikers, in a manifesto, accuse the masters of breaking pledges not to exercise pressure by preference in selecting men and victimising trade unionists, ignoring agreements, and flouting conciliatory unions, while important employers were endeavoring to crush the unions. The strike committee decided to give facilities to maintain refrigerators on shipboard and in the cold storage warehouses. Mr. Askwith, prior to the strike, wrote to the Master Lightermen's Association, suggesting the appointment of a conciliation board. The Association declined, on the ground that such an expedient had been previously tried, and had failed to secure a lasting settlement. A hundred thousand transporters held a demonstration in Trafalgar Square and demanded a uniform rate of 10d per hour, with overtime at 14d. It was decided not to resume until their grievances were satisfied.

, Two thousand members of the building trades employed by the Port of London Authority are considering joining the transporters to secure better terms.

The navvies at Milwall Dock have already struck. The Compositors' Sopiety is seeking to induce tra/de 'unions to refuse to work under the Insurance Act, alleging that the Government is giving contracts for insurance literature to firms which the Compositors' Society does not recognise. Many districts in the English federated area are demanding an increase of 5 per cent, on wages, owing to the higher price of coal and the nature of the minimum wage awards. CONTROVEP r U MATTERS. Received 28, 12.5 a.m. London, May 27. The masters agreed to again submit the dispute to Mr. Rollit, who made the award in August. Mr. McKeima promised to protect the Meat Carriers' Association in conveying meat from the markets. At the Socialists' conference a resolution was carried in favor of an obligatory citizen army, instead of a professional army.

Mr. Keir HaTdie, presiding at the Independent tabor Party's demonstration at Merthyr Tydvil, said that the party stood for the overthrow of the existing order, replacing it with a socialist state. Mr. Anderson, the president, repeated the advice to soldiers not to shoot strikers.