THE STRIKE.
PROPOSED COMPROMISE., \ ■ OPINION OFM'LEAN. ] THE RAILWAY SERVANTS. ■ (United Press Association.) Welungton,-September 2, In an interview with tbo local press, Mr MoLean denied that there was any tratli in the statement; that be was under-manning the 'boats, The risk was too great to permit it. Asked whether the Union Company would out loose from Australia if the men did, he: ;said rsaoii a proposal ought to come first from the Unions, and if it did he would be willing to lay it before tile .Owners' Association. The Company had no" quarrel with anyone, and would be quite willing to take the officers and men baok as long as there were vacancies, In any settlement arrived at now, there would have to be. soma modifications in the demands of the Unions, whioli meant constantly increasing wages, and would eventually land the Company in the same - position as the Grey Valley mines, "He believed the officers, if left to themselves, would be back to-morrow. . It is understood the railway hands have decided to go out'if the Executive insists on the suspended men being reinstated and the Comtoip-' sioners refuse.y ■ A mass meeting of Unionists Vis being held on the reclaimed landv ', -'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3604, 3 September 1890, Page 2
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200THE STRIKE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3604, 3 September 1890, Page 2
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