South African Strike

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 175, 23 January 1914, Page 5

South African Strike

OFFICIALLY CUT OFF. ItESISTINC. POLICE. , CILAKOE DISMISSED. STRIKERS IX COUIiT. By Cable—l'ress Association—Copyright Johannesburg January it. The (Icchiuii to ''all oil the gcni-r.il strike is confirmed. Five of those arrested at the ■Trades Mall are charged with resisting and obstructing the police during the attempted raid on January 11. Detective Mcliride gave evidence that the door was slammed anil bolted in his face. A man inside' pointed a revolver through a glass panel and ordered liim to clear out. Counsel for accused argued that the police should have asked for admission in the name of the King. The Public' Prosecutor admitted this was not done but thought it was clear the occupants resisted the police.

The Magi>trate dismissed accused, saying that Mcl'ride clearly meant to enter without saying wlui lie was. Xevcrthcless (he occupiers behaved foolishly, and he advised them to return to work. WOKKSIIOI'H KL-OI'EXIXG. KKKU.T (IT BALLOT. AX AITI'.AL TCI TWO STIitKKRS. lieceived 22, .")..*)!I p.m. Pretoria, .1 .innarv 21. It is olliciall v annoimeed that the railway workxhops will he re-opened : on the 2lilh insl. •lohanneMiiirg. January -?2. Prior to the meeting of the l'edenitioij executive whereat the strike was declared oil', several ballots weroTield. owing to the feeling which existed in J of the opinion among the rank and lite changing and of staunch members of the union beina; victimised j j 1 through their loyalty. Subsequently ! the executive requested permission to

hold a mooting of the General Council of the Federation (in Sunday. A ballot taken at a mooting of minors which wax liolil by permission of (lie authorities, and at which there were present 87 delegates representing 33 mines, also ten members of the cxecnlive, inc*liicli»ifr Matthews, the general secretary, and Toomey. the president, resulted in favor of declaring the strike oil', by 4li votes to 41. The members of the executive did not. vote. After tlie ballot, Matthews and Toomey appealed to the strikers to accept the delegates' decision to resume work, ami to be loyal to the .Suciety. 'J'liey said they would have preferred the l.alior Federation's decision in the matter, but under tliii circumstance-, that was impossible, therefore the miners iiad

11 ken ilie initiative. j Tim engineers voted to remain on | strike liv ]OO votes to 130. j Tlic bricklayers and jilastorevs have decided to resume. Tlic i-ai-pi'iiters' executive declared t!io [ strike oil', a request for a ballot subscquent to tlie meeting liimhjj ruled out of order.