TEE STRIKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3611, 11 September 1890, Page 2

TEE STRIKE.

SUPPLY OF coal : MR COLLItW AT THE OPERA

AUCKLAND SUFPL?; ABSOdU : TION, "

In the House yesterday; afternoon '-.Mr. Joyce asked the'.Minister of] : Marine' whether •'.'s£': TOld institnte' and ascertain if these ljafl'beiro an infraction' of. tile law'on'/bVrdj'the b.b. Wan'alia on'lio'r trip last week from Wellington' to•%telton. ,m riaspept to the' following subjects : % lights pat into (he; wrong positions—the Btarboatd4iglit":on {ho port Bide, and Vice Versa?. 2; Had the engineer of eaph.watch to leave his post of duty; and go J do'wn to the stokehole-'to instruct incbmpe'tenl firemen%ttie art of firing f;?.'Was in - the number of passengers',.over boat:aoootnmodation. in, the event of sTiiprtbk|i l! anchpr weighed on- leaving' •WellingVon ■ by, ;the. ; passengers,,assisted by, Gap; tain Me'adas, the" crew," if any nob-being. availably 'for the torkft. ;Mr;}oyce said he understood that Mawely ariyoftho',seameir who dompd'sddHhe jrew'had' OYMiteeni to seabefofejone being a 'well-known 1 Wellington ■umbrella: maker and another a member of one of tb'e local' rowibg olufcif. He was also inftrmea

that notwithstanding the fact that the ' veaael had a largo number of passes' : gera, she only carried two boats, la; . the eyent of the Minister agreeing to ', set up an enquiry. Mr Joyce expressed- '■ Ms willingness to furnish him with ■■_'/■} the names of- seyeral disinterested witnesses wlio.were passengers by th» v steamer'on the occasion refeaej/to,. :. Mr Fergus.; promlfd. to ■ side lights,:.bnt said. Government had ; ' i; ; no'pow i er,fehoJ(anVinqiiiry as to:' : ,; ivbether,ithi^engineera:■ hßd to: : : enlighten the s!fesin .-the-art of ''■'■-.';"■ firing. Hepojr^K^outlhatthenura- v hereof;beats' be carried by eaolisteanier was Hgala'tei according , to number of.' passengers'bui'h'e^ould'''undertake , tofindoutwEetheftheJegulation had ; . been,qdmpHed"\fitK Ift thisj instance,; As to weighing the anohor^b^' was '. a matter entirely'in 'tbe': of Captain Meade's? and any of thti pas- 'J :; '-'i mgm'yim.&\ \M\i to assist in " theoperatibnifithey/vfishedr . '■', Boon! after) presumed laat eVeningtJMr f Ballanpe said He desired JO' to a statement in thV evening:, papers to tho effefit that'.four;men.fiadl been dis« •■, ', missed from the -railway service in Phristpbnrch^-Hplaid ; ; tlie Railway / House and and, : that ,being 3 so*. ,he..'fejt justified in ;':.' asking that the : - .■;■''■ obtain full iriforinatibnVas to the. -* dismissal of jhat they should? placef'it' on* tie"? table of the House,- It was the duly of tho Government, Woontmde'd,'to inform the '.'■': ■• House as early as possible of the wliole of the circumstances, Tho Aoting-Premier replied that the Government had received no communication at nil on tlio matter, but .' he .had noticed the report in the evening papers,' and bad taken steps . to inquire into the reason dismissal of the men, As soon us he obtained the'information he should lay it before the House. The Union, Company have between 4000 aiid-SWtons'of coal' in stock in Wellington. . The Union Ooinpany have received an offer from Japan to supply their steamers with coal to be delivered within 80 days. The Directors of ":. the Company have not yet considered the matter.;-.<<> ■'j.t.-;r :.: Mr W. W. Collins addressed a very large meeting at the Wellington Opera House last night, and gave his opinion on the strike and its jpbable settlement, f;• j :/,' - I ' '--i- GauaruV September 10. The Wakatipu left to-uiglt for Sydney. She took away 8000 saoks iof grain.

~,l'liQ,Union mep, working, on the 'srufljifajgaret Galbraith' have teen called out, 'and the ballast is' being taken out by the crew. Ghbisichoboh, September 10. ! There was considerable excitement hero upon of the dismissal of the riilway;;meo beboming known. iA large number of men espMsed their desire to come but on Btrtke. The; Executive, however,, having regard to the.inconvenience that would result to the public if they took this step, declined to call the men out. The Executive officers who, .liaV^ken■ dismissed, have no deisire'fdr a strike on their account. .

William Tho3. Barnes, a Unionist lumper, was arrested at Lyttelton this evening on. a charge of assault-' ing a non-Unionist: laborer named Walder, at Wilson's road on Monday nigluVu^ -..-■..•..: '.?,•■■ •• . : ,. ThWaihora; finishedfading for Melbourne to-night, She takes 2200 saoks of oats from here andaljfclOO tons of coal. There is plenty of free Jabou'rWering, andnoidiionlty.was experienced in working the Waihora. She sails at-'daylightifor-: Melbourne. AugKDiND, September 10. L The Emergency' Supply Assoohv tion formed recently to take measures for an adequate supply of the necessaries of life in view of the Btriko, has been dissolved.

■ The ..Port Albert Agricultural Pqoiety have resolved to wifh the Papatoitoi Farmers' Delfta ABSpciatjon in resisting. what flfty : cpiisid'pfthp'unroasciqahle demands '■' pf tlie labor party, : The waitresses and women cooks fnet to form a union, but there was • only a small attendance, and (lit meeting adjourned for a month. , KDmedin,; September 10. •' A meeting of officers oristrikV was : held j to-dayiand: attended ■ by, about. 70, Practically no'business Was' transacted, nor can anything Wpne until tiie result of thevKour Conference.iriifjydii'ey.is preseritaDnouncedthcirdetermination hot to return to the Union' Company till the difficulty is settled. ; BJSHOPNEVIf,LE SPEAKS. ! ABP9IQFj)pOBfiB¥I,

•TWO UNIONISTS INCLUDED,

' Donedih, Thursday, ; ..Bishop Seville he addressed a Circular to hia clergy iii whioli'lm 'conoludes thus:~« Should you think i .well in the, prpßpnt unhappy struggle ;to allude to it'in your sermons, I venture, to,; suggest it .would seem more likely to do good if you pointed ,ort the breach of Christian prinoiptos juyolved in auoh»condition as now prevails'than to gojaiojihe meri|s economical,'commercial* 'proiiemi whipli l w6' ; al-e not 'specially qualified. ; .tO'"Solve;" "■*«-_C--'.'i'.."-.--i i, j, ■:.&>. :' m '"' Thursday^ Hrfested Jor amotiir'lbdnj\belng ( kd'-:|ttn( ' nnionists.'' : Itiey will be brought up before the Court this afternoon. Two of the' men; wereJsflhargea on arriving, a Ol^pf^totiijrbK v thrqugK fniuffiolenOntettß^ 1 ' 1 " §'