THE STRIKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3614, 15 September 1890, Page 2

THE STRIKE.

!.' NEW ZEALAND ITEMS,; \ THE POSITION IN WELLING', . • • ton, Wkimsotoh, Sept, : ls. " : Eighty fresh special constablei were Swornin : on Saturclay afteinooin.* As two hundred and ten man were to have.beenßfforniu atiten;o'olopkto-; day, the total will reach, Thb demonstration on the wharf on Saturday was larger than on tho previous fiayr but'.'everything ■ was ■ ' s .'^ • ( A small amounti; of >strikwpay was

' TheA:|n[brtjMte r Tyoilng'|;ffiar \ Jerrardj who .was. iiijured on ! • Australiaoii'Thnriadayj' is'still in'a - precarious condition; andjittle hope i> is entertained of his recovery. '■ : •

DusEDii),'September 18. ' At a demonstration 'of ancl Unionists.the Speakers r pharged;,(he' , Bailway' Commissioners with' 'assisting the Union ;( ,Compan£ in every way, audit was said -that on the strength of possessing a visiting oard. Of of the Union .Company's 'agent, ' Pearse's meirwere allowed to'l travel free on the railways to, take ■ .employ" ment with the Uni6n Company. Mr Millar stated' that there'jj'was no intention -to, ;call Vout' railwajr serviint'saVpresent;.' "The labor would .ohoose .their i-pyrn - t tim^' >for ■»r doibg=thati-3 Tfid Commissioher^^/bef; asserted, had laid a trap for them' with a view oMusiiig a; jind;; • diverting attontion from the prisent; etruggle. He hoped next week to ba able to lay before the public fulldetails of what was intended by the Commissioners, and he believed it would open people's eyes. Tibabu, September 14. ,/ ' A bit of a row took place here rening among the Unionists and Tthere. Anumberofmen, passengers ut the Omapere, were mistaken for ree labourers and were assaulted by 'aget, a Timaru Unionist, and 1 three kilora, on the alert. The Unionist nd the sailors were arrested. One assenger got rather severely handled nd another : Unionißt,a delegate from lamarn, was roughly treated, Three usiness men of the town were also rosaly insulted on the Breakwater, tail was refused the four mea rrested, Auckland, September 18. The Auckland Trades and labor ■ Jouncil express sympathy with Pastor; iitoli in whattheyterii his m their behalf, and thank him for us manly and generous support to heir cause.

The cabinetmakers and upholsterers have formed a Union,

• September 14. When the steamer Eichmond arrived on Saturday from her usual Island trip, a number of Union lumpers Lad just commencedrthe work of discharging when', they were called out by the secretary of the Labourers' Union, under from the Maritime Council, and accordingly they left work. The steamor has a union-crew, and they wero ordered to disoharge the vessel, but gave 21 hours'notice of their intention to strike in obedience to the > secretary of 'the 'Boamen's Union," and though,they worked the whole of Saturday,'tliey will probably come out on Monaav. It ig alleged that the ownetß of the Bichmond, Messrs Donald and Edenborough, supported ' tlio Union: Steamship Company by giving' strike. The cargo of the Zealandia was. discharged by non-nnion labor.

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Wellinqtok, Monday. Boilermakers nt another meeting almost unanimously resolved to adhero to their determination not 'to.work for the Union Company, The crew of the. Kennedy were called oat to : day in tbo belief she was going to supply coal to the Star of Viotoria. The latter requires 850 , tons, which she expects to get Bayley, due from Newcastle to-night, Jorrard is slightly better this morning and has partly recovered consciousness.