LABOR DISPUTES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2085, 14 August 1890, Page 1

LABOR DISPUTES.

London, Aug. 11. i

At a ballot of Durham miners three-! fourths of the topmen declared in favor of seven boors as a day’s work. The miners refuse to give way, and a strike is threatening, Anoth-r entente has occurred *at Chatham. The men h»ve cot the harness again. Three of the prisoners sentenced on Friday have escaped. The directors of iha Sooth Wales Railways are taking joint aciion for the purpose of importing lab ir to reopen traffic under the protection of police. Negotiations with the sirikers at Cardiff are sti 1 proceeding.

Aug. 13

Tbe directors of the Cardiff docks and railways haveagain rejected the terms proffered by the men. Soldiers are in readiness to keep order.

Later. The position of Cardiff is unaltered New 1 ork, Aug, 11.

The .railway strikes are spreading, and the. .police are guarding; the lines. The position ,at Syracusp, Albany, and Buffalo is serious. Troops of detectives are being mossed, and the companies have lb arbitrate.

Blacklegs are now working on the railway lines in the Stale of New York, and the strike ie collapsing elsewhere. The Knights of Labor threaten to bring about • general railway strike in the Obi od States in revenge for the dismissal of their raembi rs. Traffic has been partially stopped. Melbourne, Aug. 12.

Marine Officers give the owners twenty.four hours’ notice of their intention to leave the ships on the 15th instant.

Sydney, Aug. 11. A general union of labourers is being 'formed.

The shipowners and employers say the demand of the Maritime Union involves a loss of £20,000 annually and are determined to resist.

NEW ZEALAND.

Wellington, August, 12.

At the Conference of the Trades and Labour Council and .Master Grocers’ Association the .meeting -believed the questions m reference to Whiicornbe and. Tombs should be submitted to arditralion, ami if the firm refuse to to such a course then the organisations would be justified in taking extreme measures to enforce their demands.! CiRISXOHORCH, August 12.

, A. petition is being numerously signed asking to pass the Shop and Factories Ac. The petitioners are writing to other centres asking that a similar petition be sent, i At a meeting of the shareholders of MessrsiWhitcorabs and Tombs held to night, at which over 4070 shares out of a total 5000 were represented, the following resolution . was unanimously carried ;—“To the secretary of the Maritime; Council, directors of Messrs! Whitcomba and Tombs (Ltd.), after consulting with their shareholders instruct me to advise you that while at all times fully prepared to listen to any reasonable proposals in the interests of labor, they feel bound to de. cliue to submit to the assumed right of the Maritime Council to force them to arbitrate as to the manner in which their business is to be conducted in the'future or as to the employment of women as compositors. The policy of the company has been to pay their employees fairly; and the directors have every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which the work of the business has been conducted. Ihey cannot, therefore, see any just reason why they should be called upon to discharge those who have served them faithfully for th/> purpose of supplanting them with men chosen by your assooiation. Whitcorabe and Tombs (Limited).” Dunedin, August 12.

At a meeting of the Tailores'ses’ Union Mr Milur, secretary of the Maritime Council, was appointed a life member, and » vote of confidence in him as leader

of the labour movement. -was passed. £25 was voted to supporti thei miners on strike at the - Grey Valley Coal Company’s mine, ... ;

The Grey Valley miners : dispute is yet,.unsettled, The newspaper, runners in-Wpl'ingtoh ‘ have The Railway Commissioners refuse to yield to the Maritime Council, ;and ask—Are the people, to fee governed by Lynch Law or Constitutional Law ?> Throughout the colony labor unions are 'passing resolnlions in favor of the Maritime Council, The railway’sbrvants, of Dunedin, have endorsed the actions of the executive in supporting the . Maritime Council, Mr .L A, MilUr, who was present, said there would be no : strike until ! every possible effort to settle the matter by arbitration proved fruitless. Carpenters working pu ; shop in Dunedin ;si ruck, but were persuaded,.to rjffo I back \to ; iwork by Mr Millar, the Maritime Coaucil’s secretary.