LABOUR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2319, 16 February 1892, Page 4

LABOUR.

London, Feb. 11. Cameron and Co., coal merchants, have engaged non-Union men in place of Unionists. The strikers are increasing. In the smaller sheds they have been supplanted by free laborers. The larger sheds have suspended work and the factories are closing down. Many merchants are willing to give way, but the men are waiting for all Cameron’s men. It is alleged that no notice of strike was given and terms were not asked. The masters are discussing the situation, but several have applied to the men to resume, and offered to resign their connection with the Masters’ Society. The Press urges the masters to capitulate. Feb. 12. The Shipping Federation, fearing an extension of the coalminers’ strike, is hastily making arrangements to load and discharge vessels by free labor. Feb. 13. The coal porters have resumed work on the the terms which existed before the strike. The Miners’ Federation in Manchester, representing 175,000 men, have decided to stop work in the collieries after fourteen days from March 12th, in order to reduce supplies. The coalmasters maintain their right to employ free labor, and refuse to recede from the position taken up. The Shipping Federation are debating an offer from numbers of their business clients to be allowed to join the federation with a view of concerted action being taken in disputes with unionists.

THE RUN ON A SAYINGS BANK. Sydney, Feb. 12. The run on the Savings Bank has continued to-day, though the excitement has lessened, and the demands on the Bank have not been so continuous. The panic is believed to have originated by an Anarchist haranguing a crowd of the unemployed. Members of the Seamen’s Union and seafaring men were among the first to t remove their accounts. The run on the Savings Bank has ceased. Altogether £124,000 has been withdrawn. To-day three more Banks, including the Bank of New Zealand, offered assistance, ’ FUNERAL OF MR SPURGEON. London, Feb. 11. The Rev, J. Mum’o Gibson, D.D., Moderator of the Presbyterian Synod; the Rev. E. Herbert Evans, D.D., Chairman of the Congregational Union of England, and the Rev. Dr Thomas B. Stephenson, President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference, took part in the services in memory of the late Rev. C. H. Spurgeon. A tremendous procession followed the late Rev, C. H. Spurgeon’s remains to the grave to-day. There were over 100 carriages containing mourners. The shops along the route were closed and many draped with black. The bells were muffied. The Bishop of Rochester pronounced the benediction. The funeral was of the most impressive character. Many cheques for charitable purposes were sent in lieu of wreaths. Dr Pierson, who delivered the funeral address, described Mr Spurgeon as the greatest divine England has ever seen for a hundred years. GENERAL BOOTH. London, Feb. 11. General Booth has arrived at Paris. In conversation with an interviewer he said the prosperity of Australia was of a mushroom growth. Little attention was paid there to religious matters. General Booth has selected Cape Colony for his over-sea settlement. The terms offered in New Zealand were easier than those of Cape Colony but the distance barred their acceptance. General Booth, on his arrival, n}«t with an enthusiastic though rather grotesque welcome The steamers which went out to meet him were profusely decorated. Bands played and volleys were fired. There was also much cheering and blessing. Bombs and rockets were also fired at intervals. Five thousand of his “ soldiers ” and a regiment of Amazons escorted the General to the Salvation Hall in Southampton.