N.S.W. STRIKE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10467, 3 November 1911, Page 5

N.S.W. STRIKE

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MEETING OF CABINET

TRADE MUST NOT BE SUSPENDED. (•Received Laivt Night,' 5.-15 o'clock.) SYDNEY, November 2. A .special meeting of tiie Cabinet Was held to discuss the strike.

Subsequently, the Hon. Mr MeGoweu, Premier, stated that the work of the port must "be carried on. The Governme«it would take ail neoosrary .steps to prevent trade from being suspended. I'he Government wtMikl appoint an ambitiration triibun-' al 1 immediately.

'lt is considered that the Trades Unionists will support the Govemnlncit's attitude. Mr MtcGowen added that since the, core ( mencemen.t of the trouble, realising that there was serious danger of its' spreading, he and his colleagues had used endeavours' to eocure a work. He was astounded at the wharf labourers attempting a strike of deep seamen. To persist in .such a strike would cause serious injury to general trades .unionism and industrial arbitration, and would lay open Trades Unionists to the reproach that agreements, solemnly entered -into can be flagrantly violated. He still believed the Wharf Labourers' Union had not grasped l the seriousness of the situation. The State was. face to face with a general stoppage of transport work, which would spell disaster to the men concerned, and to the whole community. The strikers made a sea-ious mistake, m acting as enemies to Trade® Unionism. He urged tfhem, in their owai interests, and in the intefrests of Trades Unionism, fo immediately resume, and submit the dispute to arbiti-ation. Wttiaifcever the oc-iisequences., the Government was determined to discharge its duties to ths rcomimunity. If an immediate resumpftaon on ial3! the wharves was decided on, the serious consequences which other/wise were inevitable would) be averted. -This was a, time when all true Unionists «!houM stand by Me declared policy of industrial arbitration 1 , «nd assist tibe Government in vindicating it.

THE SHIPOWNERS SURPRISED.

SOME OF THE MEN DISSATISFIED.

JtfjASS MEETING TO BE HELD

PARALYSIS OF TRADE

(Received Isasb Night, 9.-15 o'ciock.)

SYDNEY, Novombeir 2.

The sudden action, of the deepr sea mem has completely surprised the sihlipowiners and greatly accentuated' the congestion -in shipping. The effedt is particml-arly felt in eowneatioii with, a, numlbeir of paiv •frailly loaded and unOfoaded overseas vessels, added to a Jong list of coastal and inter-State ve&sefo.. already held' uw, _. .

A strong section o-f tihe deep-sea men have freely expressed dlis satisfaction at the steppage cf wbrk. A petition has been extensively signed, asking the Executive to call another special' mass meeting. It is understood- that arrangements are being madia to hold' this on Srtturdiav.

Ihe S'hipowmea's' Federation will probably meet to-morrow to dbaus-v, the situation.-

Aduressing one of a number of impromptu meetings .to-day, a prominent member of tihe Wharf Labourers' Union declared that the action of the Union in willing the men. out was like a biwgltir entering a maii'is house without giving waging. The ivhkile tilling .was unconstitutional rikl illegal. * He .voufdi' ratlier lose •the whole of the Sbciey's funds t'ban we* disßionefAly like this. T'he. unwonted! wtork : -s beginning to tell on .the eterkjs and pertmkinent '.nnds. In consequence, some of tOie lClcm.pa.nies are curtailing tneir al,ready smwlf consignments, and refusing to ( receive inbre. The deep-sea. men's action has .left, the ToftV s cargo of bananas mrttialKl'v unloaded. . lUie km* merchants,' clerks are finishing the work. The Moana liii® not- been touched Since her arrival, and other ****** tare dir&lnriy situated, «W« tlje ere-** of some of the deep-sea vessel 3*i*e replaced tlie wlvarf labourers.