LABOR DISPUTES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2118, 30 October 1890, Page 1

LABOR DISPUTES.

London,. Oot. 26. The free laborers at Plymouth are organ-, iring. At, Cardiff the seamen threaten to go out on strike, which ii disapproved by the London men. - y , The dockers having diiobeyed the award, in the dispute with Messrs Allen and Wilson; of the Ai,erica line of steamers the latter ire applying to the union for damages. The eiebutive of the docker* union is conferring with the'dock owner* with respect to the employment of men, And they are hopeful of a satisfactory jettlement Oiring to the coal miner* refusing to grant an advance of 15 per cent on the Wages of the colliers at the Fife and the men threateb to go out on V The Sailor*’ Union have decided not tosend an additional £IOOO to Australia, as hay fear the struggle .here, which is *aid to be imminent.

; The Dockers’ Union deny the hint of the Times that they are on the verges of. insolvency ; but, on the other hand, ait rt they rire stronger than ever both as regards money and men. They have v >’.ed £IOOO to the Australian strikers, and state that they will not believe that the strike in <he colonies is collapsing unless they are tfSoiaily warned. The Torli»hire Miners’ Council have adopted a resolution in favour of a legal eight, hours system. „ Oct. 27. ,

i 180 trade delega‘e» have signed an appeal for monetary assistance on behalf of the Australian etikers. The sramen repudiate the statement that they intend striking. Mbiboubnb, Oct. 27. The difficulty with the slaughtermen has been settled. The officers out,on strike are returning to the ihips where 'practicable. The wharf laborer* and seamen complain bitterly of the action of the marine officer* in deserting t!hem. The ParioralistV union is formulating a scheme to organise free shelter*. Oct. 28.

The 3overnment have reduced the military in the barracks in view of the strike being almost at the end, : The Maritime Association have re*olvod to Urge that the Government should secure the management of shipping traffic as well as railways. They repudiate the idea that the strike is over. Sidney, Oct. 27.

The chairman of the Miners Conference etate* that the strike i» practically at an end, cfiring to the dissensions among the marine delegatee from Sydney and Melbourne, the latter having eought a conference without the consent of the former. At a meeting of the maritime bodies it was decided, in apite of the breaking up of the a'trike by the return to work ef the colliers and officers, to stand out themselves. The Western miners have resumed. From the return to hand the ballot is favorable to the resumption of work in the Northern mines. *•

Nbwoabtib, Qot. 2i. , A ballot of miners resulted in a majority in favour of returning to work •Abblaidb, Got. 28.

About a thousand men on itrike.ruahed the wharves at Port to-day, where free labourers 4re employed, and severely handled the latter. A large body of police were called out, and eventually the wharves were cleared.

SEW ZEALAND. ” AtreiLAßD, Got. 25

In the address given" yesterday afternoon Under. the auapioa* of the Anti*Poverty Society Mr W. L Rees dealt with the labor question, and advocated co-operation as the only means of doing away with: disputes be» tween capital and labqr. Ho condemned •trikes as a barbarous method of gaining the ends of labor, and said that in the late strike the devotion of the followers was not equalled by the foresight of the leaders. No such step should have been taken without precaution and greater certainty as to the result.

WEIIItfftTOBT, Got. 28. The Tanners’ and Farriers’ Union have de oided to discontinue the strike leyy. CJBBTSiOUXH, Oct. 28,

The executive of the Miners’ Association wated separately upon the five deputies working in the Brunner mine, with a view of persuading them to come out but unsuccessfully. The deputies ar§ pgt of tfto Union, The wharf lumpers who went to work attended i rgeeting.. of. ~ btrar " Union hot -- ordered - to «t?re. »uu- a ' _ i>lUHon wag carried striking their names off the roll.

It is said (hat some eight or ten of the forty railway men who were, dismissed by the Bailway Commissioners for refusing to work in trucks at Lyttelton soma time ago. have been re-engaged as vac noies occurred Several others have made spplication for work.