BROKEN HILL TROUBLE.
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MEETING OF LABOUR CONGRESS. QUESTION OF A GENERAL STRIKE. Received April 15, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, Aprli 15. The Labour Congress sat in camera throughout yesterday discussing the Broken Hill trouble, which involved the question of a general strike. It is expected that a decision will be come to to-day. It is thought improbable that the congress will favour a general call-out. GENERAL STRIKE DECLARED AGAINST. Received April 15, 11.40 p.m. SYDNEY, April 15. The Labour Conference resolved against the proposal for a gener" strike. Mr Bowling accused certain members of cowardice, and declared that they were totally deficient in the spirit of fight possessed by the Newcastle miners.
At a public meeting in Gunnedah, New South ; : Wales, last week, addressed by Peter Bowling and another member of the Miner-)' Federation, motions,protesting against the trial of the Broken Hill union officials at Albury, and threatening to lay ,'down tools if tne Governemnt persisted in their intention, were declared carried When the motions were put, although several hundred people were present, only ten or a dozen hands were held up. After a short lapse the motion was declared carried by acclamation. In his speech Mr Bowling challenged I;he Government to arrest him for advocating a strike contrary to the law. The chairman of unionists, at a mass meeting at Broken Hill, said that before the men decided about going out on general strike they should see that their women and children were provided for. He hoped a referendum would be taken before any order was issued to down tools.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3165, 16 April 1909, Page 5
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268BROKEN HILL TROUBLE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3165, 16 April 1909, Page 5
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