STRIKE TO GO ON.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1922, Page 5

STRIKE TO GO ON.

DEADLOCK IN AMERICA FIGHT TO A FINISH. CONFERENCE FAILS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Aug. 24, 10.45 p.m. New York, Aug. 23. A conference of the railway executives and the strikers failed over the seniority issue, the workers refusing to accept the executives’ ultimatum that local employees must be given preference in promotion. Mr. Jewell stated: “This means a fight to the finish. Four hundred thousand. workers are prepared to carry on the strike to the end.” Mr. J. W. Weeks (Secretary for War) made a statement that no further Administration intervention in the railway strike negotiations was likely. The Government, however, will not permit transportation to break down and in an emergency the Government will take over the railroads. It will also utilise warships if necessary to carry mails between seaport towns. ECHOES OF THE STRIKER NEW LEGISLATION. Received Aug. 24, 9.40 p.m. Washington, Aug. 23. Senator Sterling has introduced a Bill making it a felony to interfere with the movement of railway trains, and if any person is killed as a result of interference, the guilty parties will be held for murder. The House of Representatives passed Mr. Winslow’s Coal Commission Bill, somewhat amended to harmonise with the Senate’s Bill. Representatives favoring Labor attempted to attach amendments assuring labor representation on the commission, but these were defeated. “THE STRIKERS WINNING.” STATEMENT BY LABOR LEADER. UNION WITH CANADA WANTED: Received Aug. 24, 9.40 p.m. Ottawa, August 23. Speaking at a Canadian trades congress , at Montreal, Mr. Samuel Gompers pointed out that the American Federation of Labor had never undertaken to interfere with the political policy of the Canadian Labor movement; it only desired the union of Canadian and United States laborers, as there was no room for two organisations. ’ He outlined the strike situation in the United States, and declared that the strikers were winning and the forces of , capital were strangely desirous of lower- , ing the standard of living and destroying i the union.