Labor Matters

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 174, 22 January 1914, Page 5

Labor Matters

SYDXEY WIIARFIES' STRIKE. WORK 01' EXTREMISTS. ' By Telegraph.—l'rcss Association, i Sydney, January 21. ■ The wharf men's strike against work ing overtime continues. Shipping if much harassed. An official statement published by tin steamship owners complains that tin men acted without any warning againsl ■an assurance given to the companies stevedores that work would proccei. without interruption. It points out that serious ireonvenienee is caused tc shipowners, including the Union Companv, who had to send the ilaheno tc Newcastle on Friday night with 250 tons of undischarged cargo aboard. Tho company's Sydney wharf is greatly congested, and altogether llfOO tons of j outward cargo is shut out of the comJ pany's steamers. I Mr. Hughes attributes the wbarf I tiouble to a handful of irresponsible j extremists who are a menace to unionism a hundred times more dangerous than the forces of capitalism, who flout the decisions of their own unions as readily as they do the laws of the country. Unionism, if it is to survive, | must deal with them, and lie hoped the Sydney bianch of the Waterside AVorkers' Federation would realise the, vital importance of the matter and not pcrj mit itself to be shipwrecked. J -MEX ACT SEXSIBLY. Received 22, 1 a.m. j Sydney, Last Night. At a meeting of wharfies it was dej eided to take the ollicials' advice and j work the overtime. ! RESOIIXO WORK AT MEL- ! BOURNE. | PENDING A COXI'EHEXCE. i . _ j Melbourne, Panuary 21. , The stevedores, by a big majority, have decided to continue work pending a further conference with the shipowners. WALLAROO POSITION UNCHANGED Adelaide, January 21. The Wallaroo strike position is unchanged. lease's .Ire unworked, and a large quantity of wheat is awaiting loading. AUCKLAXD OVER-SUPPLIED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, January 21. Despite aa exceptionally large amount ui work ou the water-front, upwards of 21)0 men were unable to lind employment this morning. Only a few picked men belonging to the old union have been admitted to membership. In addition to surplus labor in the newunion there are bctweon four and five hundred belonging to the old waterside union who are finding great difficulty in finding employment. BLACKBALL DISPUTE SETTLED. Oreymouth, Last Night. The negotiations for opening the Blackball mines proved successful today. w, ien it was decided to rf-open on l'l'iday morning. The only items in dispute are the questions of working pillars, and trucking. Mine?, other than Blackball pay 2s, while the Blackball pay 2s 2d. The directors aroposcd to reduce the pay to &, but this was not agreed to and eventually a compromise was effected, the men to receive 2s Id. When work recommences only Arbitration labor will by employed.