Another Strike

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 163, 9 January 1914, Page 5

Another Strike

SERIOUS t'OsniON IX SOUTII AFRICA. GOVERNMENT .STANDS FIRM. CITIZENS' DEr'ENCE .SCHEMES. By Cable —Pr::-.s Association—Copyrigli Pretoria, January -7. Ni liees have i-een posted throughout the Transvaal raihv.v.a, ordering a striki at midnight. npccial meeting of the Cabinet (lis cussed the .situation, after xvliieh Mr Malan, Minister of Education, Col one Truter, Chief of Police, and Mr. Smitli left for Johannesburg. Extensive pre cautions have been taken to preserve older. At Capetown the citizens are forming a Committee of Public Safety to prevent disorder «jf the railway strike spreads. The authorities have called out the volunteers and special constables. Many arc being sworn in. The Federation of Trades threaten a general strike if no settlement in arrived at by Saturday. Capetown, January 7. The Transvaal Miners' Association has tolled a statement refusing to admit colored men, despite the decision of the Labor Party Conference to enrol them in the party organisation. Times-Sydney Sun Special Cables. Pretoria, January 7. The Government has not withdrawn the retrenchment order, and the railwaymen p.t a mass meeting declared a Mri.ke throughout 'the Union, commencing on Thursday. Other branches of organised labor are being asked to support the strike. ■RAILWAYMEN AWAIT A BALLOT. PRECAUTIONS IN JOHANNESBURG. Received !), 12.0 a.m. Capetown, January 8. The railwaymeu at East London resolved not to take dra.-tic action, pending a general ballot. The Cape Branch of the railnavmen decided not to strike. The Amalgamate:] Society of Engineers has decided to support the railwaynien. The authorities at Johannesburg are removing rifles and ammunition ti places of safety. (V!ets' rifles have betn called in, and precautions have been In ken to [u ( vent i-'VoliUionary persons frccuritig ftreunns. JOrrANNESIiUiKJ RTOT RISKS. INSURANCES IN LONT/OX. I'v C.tlili-- Press A-socintioii --( iipyriglit. Received <l, 1 .JJ a.m. London, Jaiiuarv S. A large amount of Johannesburg property is insured in London against riot risks.