LABOR QUESTIONS

Temuka Leader, Issue 2185, 7 April 1891, Page 1

LABOR QUESTIONS

London, April 3. Mr Matthews, the Home Secretary, speaking at Birmingham, said that it wcold be folly for the State to interfere 1 with tbe wages paid to workmen. Paris, April 3. I The Miners' have arrived at| no decision on the question of « genera! strike to enforce the eight boors' system, At the Miners' Congress it was decided to vote by nations. Fours were expressed ihit if a general strike took phce it would result disastrously for ill* men, who are unprepared for t> strike at present, April 4. The Belgian delegates; to the Miners' Congress demand (hat there shall be a universal strike of miners in May, for ei»ht hours per d»y. Tbe Eng isb and German sections and the French are opposed to this extreme ptep, on the ground that it is premature and certain to end in defeat. Ample funds are avail, able to carry oat a strike, The proceedings in the Congress are somewhat boisterous, and at times very violent. \ New York, April 2. Four hundred strikers at Pittsburg made, an attack on some coke works in that ciiy and fired upon the sheriffs who were endeavouirng to quell the disturbance. Tbe fire was returned, with the result that seven of the strikers were killed and many wounded. April 4. One thousand troops hare been called out in Pennsylvania to restrain the mio-rs who are on strike from committing acts of violence. As the anarchists, who are controlling the strike in Pennsylvania, persist in maintaining an attitutde of intimidation it is feared that a conflict will take place with the troops, who have been called out to preserve order. Brisbane, April 4. Nearly 400 free shearers fromYiotori*, New South Wales, and Queensland ore expected to reach Rockhampton next week. A cab'e m?S3age baa been received, in answer to an application made to the Agentiae Government, ©ffariog land, implements, rations and transport within tbe Republic.