INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1919, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

AN ITALIAN FIASCO. GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO SUPPRESS DISORDERS. By Telegraph—F.'ess Assn.—Copyrlglt. Received July 21, 8.15 p.m. Rome, July 19. The strike proved a fiasco. The trams and trains continued all over the country, running normally. Central' and Southern Italy are entirely unaffected. Signor Nitti, speaking in the Chamber, said he was not aware that the Confederation of Labor had abandoned the st/ike, but the Government had made the fullest preparations to suppress dis-orders.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FAILURE OF PARIS STRIKE. Received July 21, 8.15 p.m. Paris, July 20. i The failure of to-day's projected strike (cabled on July 2) has strengthened the authority of the Clemenceau Govern-ment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TRAMWAY STRIKE IN CAPETOWN. Received July 21, 10.30 p.nj. Capetown, July 20. The industrial unrest has spread to Capetown, where a strike of tramway employees is jn progress. Traffic has been entirely suspended in the city and suburbs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.' A RAILWAY STRIKE SETTLED. Received July 22, 12.5 a.m. London, July 21. The North Eastern Railway men have accepted a settlement.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. DIRECT ACTION. A FIGHT FOR NATIONALISATION.

, London, Julv 20. Owing to the refusal of the Parliamentary Committee l of the Trades' Union Congress cabled on May 29 the miners are (submitting to the Triple Alliance Conference on Wednesday a proposal for a ballot of different sections on direct action in connection with the subject cabled, also with tha view of preventing the military intervening in trade union disputes. This attitude is regarded as a prelude to a fight for nationalisation.— Aub.-X.Z. Cable Assn.

fThc cablegram referred to was as follows:—A fusion of great British trade unions similar to the "Triplw Alliance is proceeding. The National Union of General Workers, the Dockers' Union, and the Carters' Union have formed an organisation with a membership only exceeded by the Triple Alliance. The movement is connected wtih a schemfe including tthe textile unions, under which the extremists hope to be able to force tha nationalisation of all land, minerals, and railways. On the contrary, the extremists suffered a set-back yesterday, when the Parliamentary Committee of Hie Trades' Union definitely refused to call a national labor conference to consider the schemes. Messrs. Smillic, Rnherts, and Williams are for a whole".lie industrial strike to enforce their pacifist aims, including the abolition of comrmlsory service and the withdrawal of British troops frtm Russia.]