LABOR TURMOIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 5

LABOR TURMOIL.

c !*"" tHE; DUBLIN STRIKE. ' SEAMEN AND OTHERS RESUME. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 9, II p.m. London, January 9. The seamen, firemen, and dockers of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Com- , panv have resumed work, despite the ballst which decided to the contrary. STRIKERS ATTACK A FACTORY. FURIOUS FIGHTING. '? I Received 9, 11 p.m. London, January 9. Two thousand chairmakers at. High ;Wycombe, on strike, attacked a factory and smashed the windows. A furious . fcand-to-hand fight with the police ensued, and bottles, stones, and other •weapons were used. Several police were injured. Non-strikers who were working the factories were rescued with difficulty. PITCHED BATTLE AT TACQMA. , •. THE STRIKERS ENTRENCHED. New York, January S. The Austrian strikers, who are entrenched around the Taeoma smeltinglirqrks, fought another battle with the iherilfs l>efore the militia arrived. One striker was, wounded. UNEMPLOYED ON THE PACITIC COAST. New York. January S. There are numerous unemployed in the Pacific Coast cities, extendins northward and including Canada. They are demanding relief works. There are over fiOO" in Sail Francisco alone. Employment conditions generally throughout the United States and Canada are worse than for many years.

yiCTORIAN MTLL-WORKERS' WAGES. Melbourne, January 9. A general meeting of the Victorian | Mill-owners* Association accepted the federated unions' rate of wages, in view of the fact that New South Wales and fioiltb Australia had accepted it. A BOMB FOR BUILDERS. Svdner. January n. ■ The Builders' Laborers' Federation Award, which is operating to-dav in all the .States, excepting West Australia, fixes the. minimum wage at Is 4'/-d, and reduces the hours to 44 weekly. The increases of wages amount to 37':. per cent. Master builders describe the award as a bomb, and intenl to appeal to a High Court.