POSITION AT AUCKLAND.
A SERIOUS OUTLOOK
EXHIBITION WORKERS ON STRIKE.
A GENERAL STRIKE FEARED
AUCKLAND, Last Night. The strike in Auckland has now been in nrogress"for- eleven days, and that at Huntly for three weeks. This morning between 200 and rfUO workers at the Auckland Exhibition "downed tools."
To-night over 700 tramway employes cease work in consequence oi the coal supply having run out. By Monday it is expected there will be sufficient* free labour .available for W ork to bo resumed on the w h*ri, under the protection afforded by 2000 special constables mounted .and afoot. Numerous others, including carpenters, carters, general labourers, and hotel and restaurant employees, have decided that the moment special police enter Queen street or ride on the waterfront they will cease *°XJnless the strike is settled speedily therefore, the indications point to widespread trouble at the beginning of next week. \ manifesto has been issued by the Auckland Employers' Association, indicating the attitude taken up regarding the present trouble, and
making it clear that they would not recognise the Federation of Labour in any shape or form; that compulsory arbitration was regarded as essential; and that the formation of a new union would be the befit solution of the present difficulty. The Strike Committee has retaliated with the issue of a circular calling upon all workers, organised and unorganised, to cease work immediately special constables appear) on the waterfront, and advocating a |s|neral strike as the most effective weapon that can be used at the present time. The date fixed for the opening of the Auckland Exhibition, December 15th, is only a little more than three weeks ahead.
The action of the carpenters, carters, and general labourers on the Exhibition buildings in ceasing work therefore comes at an unfortunate period. The men, after leaving work this morning, inarched through the city to the waterfront. Their reason for striking is that a special mounted constable entered the Exhibition grounds to gather grass for his horse.
To-morrow there will be no trams running in Auckland. __. The railway authorities arelncreasing the suburban train service. The Takapuna tram and ferry service will continue to run as usual. Inquiries made elicit the information that the Gas Company has sufficient coal to last for two monffos, and the* power-house for four weeks. The latest union to take direct action is that embracing workers in the hotels and restaurants. At a meeting last night, the union decided to strike if the special police go on the waterfront, and at tfie same time passed.a resolution in which the union has an'axe'of its own to grind. The meeting decided that if by Monday next the employers did not .grant sixpence per day increased p»j; 2 strike would be called.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 November 1913, Page 5
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455POSITION AT AUCKLAND. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 November 1913, Page 5
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