THIS DAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3603, 2 September 1890, Page 2

THIS DAY.

THE PREMIER; DEPUTATIONI8ED; THE PREMIER'S REPLY. MEETING OF RAILWAY BERVANTS. ■ THE TYPOGRAPHICAL 'SOCIETY TAKE NO ACTION. Wellinotos, Tuesday. " A deputation of Unionists' waited on Sir H. Atkinson yesterday" afternoon, urging the Government to mediate in the present difficulty. Among the speakers were -Captain Highman and Messrs D. P. Fisher, Myers, and Seymour. The Premier replied thut for the present the Government were content to maintain lav and order, .but when the time arrived it would consider the question bf mediating, A large meeting of railway..servants last evebinc; passed an unanimous vote of thanks to those M.H.R's who upheld the .labor .cause,. particularly Messrs Fisher, Fisfy'and Seddon. The Meeting declined to' give any information re the ballot. At the.meeting of the Typographical Society last evening, it was decided to take'no action whatever in connection with the Union Company 's advertisements,: ' 'v . EXCITEMENT IN DUNEDIN. ; : SPECIAL'CONSTABLES SWORN . IN ; EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION.. Chrisiohubch, Tuesday. The Union yesterday afternoon called: out the men who were working in the trucks at Lyttelton.This was in consequence of platelayers, clorka, tihd others having been takeii from their own work and put into the trucks. The Unionists have decided to handle iona fit farmer's produce and

mpply crows to carry it away if loceasary, but they will not touch lierchants or co-operative asssociations ituff. At a meeting ot delegates they said ;hey .were anxious for a conference ifith the Union Company to settle the liffioulty,' The City Council has passed a resolution, asking the Mayor to invite representatives of the various bodies to meet and discuss the difficulty, ' Napier, Tuesday. • ■ The Chamber of .Commerce has pasaed a resolution of sympathy with the Union. A meeting o£ employers is called for Thursday to 'form a powerful Association. . . . All Nelson Bros'men have.decided to secede from the Unions. The railway servants, by a large majority, have agreed en . a general strike, but under oxtrtordinary circumstances, A 'ballot' was ordered, but the papers sent out instructed the men to sign their namos in full, This

he country men did, aad thsir tapers were returned to Napier ast. night, where: they were ipened. The whole were then rejected ,s informal. The meeting, conaiating inly of Napier men, then proceeded 0 ballot, with the result as stated. Donedin, Tuesday, In consequence of the upsetting ol ). Raid's - carts, some 200 special lonstablea were sworn in, and later ob 1 contingent of 60 special unionist; vere also sworn ( besides some mounted ipecials, . There was another demonstratioi if Eeid's carts in the afternoon, Tw< nen .wero arrested for rowdinoss Stones, were thrown, during thi lubbub, . The.Te Anau quietly slipped aw&; tor Melbourne, ■Major Roberta , intends to try am mediate, to-day,

Tho Tory latoat. THE UNIONISTS 11 HAD." ENTHUSIASM.; IN AUOKLANI OFFICERS GIVE NOTICE; MEETINGS OIMJNIONISIS AN: OFFICERS. STEWARDS GOING OUT! EVERYTHING QUIET.) Duhedik, Tuesday. The labor party had the Union Cc office closely picketted with a view < getting at the non-union men engage for the Te Anau, hut they were aei down the harbour and ioined tl steamer near Fort Chalmers, leavit the unionists under the impresaic they wore not on board, Cbrisiouoroh, Tuesday;

A well known shipper of produce has offered the Union leaders to mediate in the difficulty. The unionists appointed gaards to keep order at Lyttelton, and last evening they marched off n number of rowdy, characters who began to mako a disturbance, • Avckusd, Tuesday. .The scene' alongside the Australia last night Was very animated, Lawyers, merchants, soft goodsmen, and storemen worked a four hours shift at both hatches, and tho cargo was all out thiß morning, Great enthusiasm was shown, . [ * The Arawita arrived this morning rem Fiji with a largo cargo ol bananas, sugar, etc. The crew at once, on learning of the strike, gave 24 hours' notice to leaveihe ship, but consented to unload her cargo, which is mainly perishable stuff, today, providing no non-union laborers are employed.

The Australia's officers gave notice i to-day., • . 'The Kamo coal miners at i Whangirei have been ordered to refuse coal to the Union Company's boats. Wellington, Tuesday. The Butcher's Union litis given the Gear Company notice not to supply the Union Company, Tho storemen are instructed not to handle any goods to or from the Union Company's steamers. They i will be called out it asked to do so, The stewards of the Union Company boats in port, hare given notice of their intention to leavo the vessels after cleaning up dinner to day, The Wanaka, which loadei} fith coal; has been moored in > Volunteers and free laborer are handling the Wanaka and Penguin's . cargo, and endeavours will be made to geL .tha fonger avay . for Lyttflltpn and the Utter for Taranaki and.Onehtraga some time to-night;-- :: Everything is very quiet on the i wharf. ; ,•' . _. _ - A mass meeting of iinionists.iakes ; place on the reclaimed land'^ttia afternoon, [ . A meeting of all Union Campany's I captains and some officers in port is