TRADES AND LABOUR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3616, 17 September 1890, Page 2

TRADES AND LABOUR.

- : THE ENGLISH POSITION. ] < London, September 15. * An iinmenso parade' and meeting I of Uniohist9'was held at the East | End yeßtefday, when liberal collco- ' tionswere made for Australia','" "■'.'. "' The Parliamentary Committee of i the Unions have issued ah appeal ' for funds to assist the Australian J strikers. ' i : Boys at Southampton hare ! demanded an advance in wages., ' The dockers' dispute is'still [ carried on, and the men have been '■ looked out pending a settlement. The proposed co-operative docking project will not affect the stevedores. Sub-contractors will not be allowed,' • The Morning Post considers that the new Unionism has been. beaten both in England and Australia. ■ The Standard asserts that the extreme courses whiou are being adopted by the Australian Btrikers indicates that they are losing- ground. September 15. Mr Mann states that the Dookers' Union intend'to punish tho haders of the Southampton strike with a firm and unswerving hand. The dockers cable £SOO to Aus. tralia to-morrow. The London leaders have given peremptory orders for the Southampton strike to cease, ;.Sprow, the;'local organiser of the Southampton strike, who was arrested on a charge'' of intimidation, has been committed for trial, | The Albert Dook Company have

looked out the Peninsular Company's laborers, A Federated Association of Shipmasters'and Officers Las been formed for the protection of its members against coercion in connection with ( the demands of the seamen and • firemen. ■ ' The Southampton dockers having given way, the lock-out has ended, Sydney, September 10. ! While a body of Volunteer Artil- I lory were proceeding on duty to the ; fortifications yesterday they hooted a ' , number of free laborers, Sir Henry j Parkes has written .to the Com--I mindant that the not is a disgrace to the colony, and demanding a fall . inquiry; The Intercolonial Labour Con- , ference has called out the shearers, t rouaaabouta, wool carters, and the > western miners, representing 40,000 men. It is expected that the re- • maining trades, to the number of ' 100,000 will also be out within the ' week.