THE HOME STRIKE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 5

THE HOME STRIKE

A GENEROUS OFFER

THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.

(Rieoeivted Last Night, 9.30 o'olock.)

LONDON, September 1

The Automobile Assooiia.tion luas offered till© G-ovemirnieaiit .the services of 35,000 memheirs amd 50,000 oars in tUie eviemt of future strikes.

Mr Thomas gave thie Commisisiion specific -oaiseia of intimidation iby the Clomipaniiies. He .agreed that. there Blhould toe no stoppage of work unft.il aill iconoiliation processes wlere exhia.usted.

Otihiar witnesses emphiaisised "tihe deDay of conciliation) .methods. They were willing to withhold Union assistance wlhere tihe raefa violated the lagreemtant.

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

COST OF THE OOLtLIERY STRIKE.

(Received Last Niigjht, 11 o'clock.)

LONDON, September 1

At the. inquest at LivwpooJ, the evidence .showed that twto- shots wiere fired upon .the crowd, one of wMch probaMy kilted Brendargaist. Witmeases vindicated tEhie troops in thedr (aatiion. A verdict of jusrki&abfe homicide was neturnied. It as . estimated that the tea imxxrothis' colliery sittrikie in South Wales represents a loss of £3,000,000.

LABOUR LEADERS' OPINIONS. THE SOUTH WALES MINERS.

(Received Last Night, 11 o'alock.)

LONDON, September 1. Mr Ramsay MaoDoniaM, Leader of the Labour Party, N waiting to the newspaper 'Labour Leader," states that the day of the little Strikes, .TVhich rmabe no dadfieirtenoe, ia over. Khie strikes now must be/ widespread, with crueillier results. Mr Barnes, in thie same journal, isays that Labour must cease to 'wtaste its substance on; .siecrtioniai doisputea, and stop ,th)e- wiaste. of its reisouroes, in; miainitiainiliig a miulitituide of Conumittees and Boarcls. poftitering ineffectively. The South Wales Mmeris' Federation hia.s resolved to request .a.n early meeting of tbe Canoiliatdon Board, to consider the demand for ta minimaim wage. >