LABOUR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2235, 1 August 1891, Page 4

LABOUR.

London July 28.

The Trades Union Congress, which meets at Newcastle in September, will urge the extension of the Factory Act to all trades employing women, and increase the limit of age to twelve. Sydney", July 26.

Three shearers have been arrested for the intimidation of free laborers at Dunlop Station.

At the conference with the Pastoralists’ Union the shearers unanimously signed an agreement undertaking to work with non-Unionists, the Pastorailists, on their part, agreeing to prevent the employment of aliens. This amicable settlement of the difficulty has given great public satisfaction.

The Dockers’ Union have divided the balance of the Australian strike fund as follows :—The Carpenters and Joiners’ Union receive £4OO, the Dockers’ Union, £269. and the remainder is distributed amongst the other strikers.

FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT

Paris, July 28.

Further details of the railway accident at St. Maude show that the first train was delayed, and the second dashed into it at full speed. The St. Maude station was crowded with excursionists, and the accident took place in full view. They had to look on at the frightful holocaust, powerless to assist. Twelve calcined bodies have been recovered from ruins, ft is stated that Vincennes had been warned by dangter signals that the line was blocked, but it is alleged the signals were changed, and the Westin’ghouse brake tubing of the train tampered with. The driver alleges that the rules arenabitually violated on Sunday night. July 29. The driver of one of the trains which came into collision near St. Maude has been arrested for disobeying signals. The under stationrarster at Vincennes has also been arrested.

The majority of the deaths were of women and children, who were mostly burned or suffocated. The funeral of the victims took place today, and was witnessed by 25,000 people. The scene at the grave was heartrending. The survivors are instituting proceedings for damages, and the aggregate amount is £12,000.

THE CHINESE RIOTS

Sydney, July 29

News from China shows that the rioting at Foochow was very serious, and for a time it seemed as if the warships would have to intervene for the protection of life and property. The crews of the British merchantmen were armed in readiness to repel an attack on tjie shipping. The rioting spread westward. At Wanhcow, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, the people took shelter in some old forts, and at the date of the mail leaving the male inhabitants were preparing to resist an attack. Several leaders of secret societies have been captured by the authorities and beheaded, and large: rewards are offered for others.

At Wanchow a few weeks ago a desperate band of pirates landed, and were speedily swelled to a force of 600 cutthroats, and marched through the country committing all sorts of atrocities. They seized a monastery and beheaded four of the monks because they refused them permission to cook food. The chief object of the desperadoes is the capture of influental people for the sake of ransom. One method of enforcing their demands is by occasionally sending anatomical specimens of captives to their relatives. Hong Kong, July 27.

The looting and burning of the missions in China continues, A son of a leading Chinese diplomatist in Europe is alleged to be the author of the riots.