AFFAIRS AT WAIHI.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 14 November 1912, Page 5

AFFAIRS AT WAIHI.

PERFECT ORDER RESTORED. FEDERATIONISIS LEAVING THE TOWN. OTHERS APPLYING FOTt WORK. (By Telegraph—i J ress Association.) WAIHI, Last Niglifc. Order has been restored in the. town. The exodus of extreme Federationists continues. About forty left town this afternoon by train, some of them being accompanied: by their wives and families. Another batch left by the G p.m. train.. Tha destination of some was Auckland, Waikato and Thames. This afternoon the men cam© off shift and there was 'not the slightest; sign of any molestation. Indeed, there was not a single Federationisfc in sight. As has been the custoflV thov were picked lip by brakes the* street opposite the new Union, Hall, and driven to their homes. It is understood that the practice of driving the men to work in brakes and driving them home again will b» abandoned, and the men will walk to and fro from their work. Quite a large number of Fedora -_ tionists have applied to the. Waihr Company's office for work, hut the applications were not dealt wtili. Some of the applicants had taken a prominent part in past demonstrations and the company had a full knowledge of this; but the mon protested that they had not been prominent. . It is quite certain that the worstbehaved of these mon, will never get work at the Waihi or Grand Junction mines. The Federationists complain bitterly against Mr Semple for the predicament into which they allege ho has got them. They state that hj& should have called the striko off. Many now state that they knew tha game was up some time back. but were waiting for a. lead from Mr Semple. They fully expected that when, he came to Waihi recently ho would have given them something tangible to go on. Ho did nothinc* they allege, but hurl abuse at the police, the Government, and the emplovers. This afternoon the police searched I several strikers' dwellings in the Bulltown suburb of Waihi. and discovered some gelignite explosive, fuse, cap, cartridges, a revolver, and a gun, which were promptly removed to the police station, where there are already a collection of confiscated arms. Both Constable Wade and; his assistant (Evans), who are in the hospital, are improving. THE LATEST ADVICE. A MINISTERIAL"STATEMENT. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Hon. A. L. Herdman, Minister of Justice, received: a telegram from Waihi to-night as follows: —"Constable Wade contiunes to progress favourably. Tilings were very quiet here all day. A considerable number of strikers have loft here to-day to seek employment and others are preparing to leave." Speaking to a reporter, the Ministor said he was sure the latest development would mean the end of the whole trouble. Another week would see matters going along in th© same way as before the strike. He C'""!(T •not say what proceedings would ho taken against those who had created the disturbance, whether strikers or workers, until ho had received full reports from the officers on tlv spot, and until he knew what the evidence was. Evidently the workers were «rr. r 'nsily provoked, and their blood wo s boiling owing to'the shooting which took place.