INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1919, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

MR. GOMPER'S yiEW, jvSTRIKERS BOUND TO " % By Teleerapti.—Ptt«« Asm.—OopyttyjbL- .' Received Sept. 20, 7.25' pta, ■ New York, Sept 88, t> Mr. Compers {Labor Leader), intftfti ' viewed, stated that the steel strike ' bound to wiu, became the men were 1b ' 1 the right. They were etrikitg l&tj ' better living conditions. The ttfifOlp 9 of Mr. Gary and his associates wtt 1 untenable. After the strike has bwC won, there would be greater pence in fht£ J steel industry than ever N.Z. Cable Assn. j j MINERS AFTER 30-HOUR 3 New York, Sept. j| 1 The National Coal Association t sued a statement that the UniMl tfhuj Workers of America, threaten to iWWsj r on November 1, demanding'a s week and CO per cent, increase in which would mean a billion doOtrt tAvZ s nual increase in the price of oofcL t -y A THEATRE'STRIKE, ''jj i Received Sept. 29, 5.5 pjn. .' 9 Paris, Sept 28. 3 The Entertainments' Federation' lui-i t decided upon a general strike of plovecs at entertalnmnta excepting *.'j 3 few places which signed an agreements a fixing the minimum wage and the en* VJ j ployment of unionists only.—Reuter.. 'A r ANOTHER SHIPPING STJRIp | j POSSIBLE. , J Received Sept. 29, 9.10 p.ti. r) , Sydney, Sept. 89. The bakers have resumed won. y. The shipwrights at Walsh Island, who ,! > have been idle sincce the 17th, have alto " ' returned to work pending a conferenoe. j The seamen meet to-morrow to j ' the coastal owners' refusal to sign the agreement. Another strike is possible 1 unless something favorable transpires meanwhile—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STRIKE LOSSES. Sydney, Sept. 29. It is estimated that the bakers toil £IO,OOO in wages through the strike and the ma«ter bakers £2s,ooo.—Aus.- ' N.Z. Cable Assn. t SHED HANDS ON STRIKE. Invercargill, Yesterday. The shed hands in the Bluff Wool and Grain Stores, demanded an increase from Is 6d to Is lOd an hour, and, if necessary, a conference to consider the position, At the request was not concede! the niln notified the agents that they were not returning to work There is a quantity of cargo still in the stores for the Wai» pori. Kumara, and Westralia.