THE STRIKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3610, 10 September 1890, Page 2

THE STRIKE.

THE WELLINGTON POSITION,

BOILERMAKER'S UNION.

SURPLUS OF OFFICERS.

QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE. - 1

PROPOSAL BY MR SEDDON;

Weiunqios,'Wednesday: The Boilermaker's Union , held a meeting in Fraser'e rooms . and passed tba followidji^'^jKp I '?'. - -" That the members Boiler- .. makers' Unioa'will do no work connected with any of the Union' Company's boats nor any other, boat employing free.labour,"' V ' The Union Company, it iMaid, have more officers than . what to do with, and'hotel'waiters have shipped as stewards, . Twenty-three of. the Union, boats aro now running. Yesterday Mr Fish, gave notice : to. askithe Acting-Premier,(l) whether, . ha will make inquiries, as to whether. > the deldy on the - arrival of tl)0 Wanaka, on her last- tnp .from:. Lyttelton to -Wellington, was caused : through tbn.incompetency of her crew., and not from, .stress of weather; and (2) whether any passengers by the Tekapo'.(*hioh\ arrived, hero on tho tth init; en rotate,to.Sydney) madovT any statement to tbo Customs to the efleot that the crew was incompetent, ; - and, if so, did the Customs authorities make any enquiries. Mr Joyce gave- , noticß of a.somewhat similar qu'eation, in tho course of wbioh be asks . whether the anohor was weighed by passengers, aided by .Captain Meadas; when tho Bteamer left Wellington;

Mr Seddon intends to ask tliß Aotrag-£refaibr, will the. Govern*7| ment, witha view of,removing a ▼ monopoly and putting' an end to the present strike labor and capital,' and. theldiaaster, losses, miser;, and suffering - thereon, take into consideration jthe purchasing by the Colony of the Union Steam Ship Company's fleet of etoamers? Napier, September 9," The Southern Cross, Manapouri and Australia vers worked by free labor to-day with nothing worse than a little chaff from the Unionists, The • strike is regal-ded.as collapsed, ... Donedin, September 9. The Maritime Couiibil.do not intend at present to publish the proposal Babniitted to the OonciliatioiQL Committee, as was intended, owing* to.the convening of the Labour Conference at Sydney, to which Messrs Sangster (Victoria), Davies (New South Wiles), and Seymour (Queensland) have been appointed as delegates for the Council,- ' : ' ■ ■m' ;

The Bootmakers' Union to-day voted £IOO to the Btriko defence fund. . ;

At i moeting of the wharf carters to-night it wjs decided by'a email majority to resume work to-morratft.'V. on condition that tho employees. off the non-Union men lately engaged and reinstate the-old emplbvk Tho Union agreed to m»ke:good any loss to the non»Umon-moh and pay their fares bank to the place from whioh they came/ . > Ew Very Lata*.

CARTERS STOPPED.

THE BOYCOTT WITHDRAWN. RESUMPTION OF WORK, A MISTAKE ADMITTED, MEN REFUSETO STRIKE. P

Wellington, Wednesday, The Tongariro is being discharged by her c r ew. . An attempt was made to load (he Duke of Westminster, with meat this morning, but the carters conveying the meat from the Blaughteryards at Ngahauranga were stopped' on their arrival in. town. A farther attempt will bB made this afternoon. . Matters on the wharves are very quiet ahd peaceable, • Dun'bdik, Wednesday, To-day, the Piako is being discharged by horown crew and free labor,'

The boycott is withdrawn from shore so iar as the carters are

concerned. - All Duthieß* men turned up this morning and expressed their willingness to do any work thoy were set to without quefltion. Mr Binos, Secretary of the Union, states it-was advisable to keep the boycott entirely off tho ehoro and coulino it to the wharves, It is furthor Btatod'thit Mr Bines admits the mistake made, and his union is willing to recede from the position which is untenable, ineffective, and has caußtd irritation never dreamt ofi Lambton's men also returned ■ to work. •

The Union agrees to make good an; loss free labor has sustained by paying their fares hack if they will vacate their places. This was carried by a email majority.

Nine of Duthie'a men have returned tq duty. The rest aro willing to go back if free labor is divmi&sed, which Duthio deoliues emphatically to do,. Napieb, Wfllnesday, The storemen,' carters, and ox« pressmen wero called out bat refused. Some few Unipnists'on strike tried to convince them of their error, but beyond a few black eyes no harm was done.