THE STRIKE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3608, 8 September 1890, Page 2

THE STRIKE

ATTEMPTED IMPLEMENT •'' W%:ty%\ ■;,s&. *■■'■■ SmPMASTMs'/SbiATION. ; MEETING OFFAMERS. '; \ # .The Premier, who, at the suggestion I of some of the labour party, endea- : Toured to. effect a settlement of, the j present diffioulty, has withdrawn from that peaittoa for tho present, at any rate";:'.'Sir-Barry, went intc? the, matter-during the latter part of: last week, but did not find' that hifl.effbrts to mediate .were likely to'lie'Bucbeaaful. just'now, and'acoordirigly abandoned, the: idea.;-. The• poor state of' his health would also hamper him in'any exertion of this kind. :ii ' It is very probable that the members of the Maritime Council will meet:in Wellington during the week, and'tbat if, they, do they will have .a.conference with t|e;E6n George McLean vjitbia; view to a settlement.' <■■■•:*•■*■■■■> I ;;We,arejnfprnied .that .Wellington has been 1 the ! worat>6f all the ports to I work from theTJmon Company's point i of view, owing tojtbe scarcity of labour, 1 but the Company do not anticipate ■' any ; further-difficulty iu? despatching their steamers. ''.'.'.

,-, A, meetjng. of., the newly-formed Shipmasters' Association was held at Messrs Baker Brothers' auction ; room's *.. pn /V Saturday - afternoon. Captain>Edii?in:.waß eleoted Vice. Pres]dent.^'bn ; ilie-motiou of Captain was appointed ,\Permafynfr Secretary at a remuneration of £SO per annum. It was stated that several of the officers belonging to the Union Stoara Ship Company' had. 1 returned| to .their vessels.' Captain Edwin said it was to him a matter of great regrotHhat many officers who had been conneoted with the Company had left through being misdirected., It was, howeverj pleasant to know that some of them

at least had found out their mistake, and were returning : to their ships. On the motion of Captain Campbell, seconded by Captain Eraser, h was

carried unanimously, "That as several

of the officers who aremembers of this 1 A ssociation have.. returned to their ships and resumed their duties, .this meeting desires to express its hearty approval of the step they havo taken.'. [Captain Edwin thought that.if the

Association was to be a success it would be necessary to form branches iu the other chief ports of the Colony. The secretary was therefore instructed to communioate with Captain Andrew of Auckland, and Captain'.Owen," of Lyttelton, to ascertain their views on the subject. After ,somo further business of a routine nature the meeting adjourned. It is estimated that during'the week considerably over 150 tons of produce were sent (principally from Masterton) to town, As against that the falling off in other traffic has had rathor a bad effect, Considerable quantities of flour and potatoes also came to Wellington from Blenheim and Manawatu districts. CflitisionußCH, September 7.

A meeting of farmors and employers held at Ashburton on Saturday resolved, "That this meeting strongly disapproves of the unwarrantable action ol the Maritime Council in calling out labour witboufc'any grievance against New Zealand and promises to support by labour or otherwise to keep the trade of the country from being paralysed." They resolved to form an Employers Association, and passed a vote of thanks to Mr Stead, and others for the moral courage and determination they have shown in carrying on the shipping trade at Lyttelton. The Canterbury Trades and Labour Council, at a meeting.on Saturday night, passed the following resolution: —"That this Council hails with satisfaction the fact that the recent meeting of employers in Cbristchurctobas adopted a proposal for the establishment of a Board of Conciliation, and referred the matter to a Committee to consider and report upon." ' Lyttewon, September 7.

Matters connected with the strike are vory quite in port. The. Wakitjpu got away this aftornoon for' Oama'ru, with Captain Stuart, of theDingadee, as chief officer.

Invercabgill, September 7. There was a special meeting of the local branch of • the' Railway Servants' Association last night, but nothing has been made public as to their doings, The general impression is that the men on the Southland section are rather lukewarm on the subjeot of a strike in support of the present labor troubles, Omm, September 6.

A disturbance took placo this afternoon in connection with the delivery of the parcels by the New Zealand Evpreas Compaoy, The man who - was employed by the company was called out by his Union yesterday, and a clerk came from Dunedin to carry on the work, The express he was driving was followed round the streets by a large crowd of larrikins, who cheered when the consignees refused delivery of their parcels end groaned at those who accepted delivery. With two exceptions the expressmen of the town had nothing to do with the disturbance, The young man Btailed all through and carried out his duties. When hB bad finished, some of the larrikins took' bis horse out of the express, and one of them struck him in the face. The matter has been given into the hanJs of the police. The Unionist expressmen, with the two exceptions, disavow all connectiqns with the disturbance,. .

, Very [ ffpE labourlstotion. ! THERHTUHNOFTHE . ;.;:; STBIKEM;-,'- /.. ! .',','; Napier, Monday,' > , The Southern Cross has arrived and is discharging with non-un on labor, of which there is an overabundance offering.. ' .■•'',..■ ( of 300 working men have t joined the- Employers Free Labor Association. ] "'Weilwowk, Monday,,' Seventeen officers have rf-joinod ■ the Union Company.' The officers who came down by the Penquin declined to see Mr McLean but desired' to go on South. .Captain HighmKfr has also asked for a passage BQut!i£4 dray of Dotterel am} Cq's was hooted on the wjjarf this inorriinft and a pin taken put by • the crowd: It was sent back in. consequence.' The sailors and'firemek «n ? Messrs Levin and Co'b steamers Wakatn.and Queen of the So thj' both: of wjrioh were to have sailid to-day; have struofc oh account of the. firm employing free labour. ~..'■., .'j. •. .: ', "';'"'