THE WAIHI STRIKE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10711, 1 October 1912, Page 5

THE WAIHI STRIKE

MANIFESTO FROM NEW UNION. J AN APPEAL TO JREASON. (By Telegraph—P,r; .l^ociatioiu) WAIHI, Last Night, The following manifesto has been issued by the now Union: —"We, as members of the recently-formed Ohineinuri. Mines and Batteries Employees 1 Union, desire to make clear ' our reasons..for forming an industrial 1 union under the Arbitration laws of !New Zealand. AVe belong to that section, winch were not satisfied with the,ballot taken by the Waihi Union j upon the question of cancellation of its registration under the Arbitration Act. The deadlock which 'lms since occurred, and which has lasted for nearly five months, can only lie terminated by the action we have taken. We decline to be a charge upon the generosity of our fellowworkers when there is profitable employment awaiting "is, and judicial tribunal in case of dispute is offered to us'. We bear no animosity toward i those who think that we are doing wrong in taking this, the only line of

action possible to bring aboue re-em-ployment. We ask that those who are willing to return to their work shall recognise that all sections have rights and liberties. We invito you to join us in sharing the management (f the Union affairs, leaving the final settlement of disputes to the law of the laud in which we live." STRIKE MATTERS QUIET. Strike mutters are quiet here toThe strikers are arranging for an elaborate system of. picketing on'the Waihi mine hill for Wednesday ingThe Waihi Gold Minimi Company have publicly notified that all persons trespassing on or loitering about the land occupied by the Company for its mining operations will be prosecuted. . A small cottage, for the accommodation of the guards who are to protect the Waihi Company's bridge on thoOhinemuri River, has been erected. ; INFLUX OF RESIDENTS. Quite an influx of ex-residents of Waihi has sot in. The influx is coincident with the re- ! sumption of work at the mine. j It is * anticipated that about sixty men will respond to the. Waihi-Com-pany's.,warning to resume work on Wednesday, with the alternative of , the cancellation of contracts.

The new portion of the Waihi Company's Waikino line, alterations to which have just been completed, has been tested. An engine with a number of loaded trucks was slowly taken over it this morning.

; Tire- earnape of ouartz from the Waihi mine to Waikino can now be resumed at am* time.

The grading and other alterations necessitated by the passing of the East Coast-line over the Company'? tine has/becu in progress for several weeks. .