THE STRIKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3617, 18 September 1890, Page 2

THE STRIKE.

WELLINGTON ITEMS,

THE POSITION IN THE SOUTH;

AFFAIK3~QUIET..-

ANTI-POVERTY SOCIETY.

Wbiuhgiok, Thursday. The nsual crowd assembled at the Queen's Wharf yesterday evening to witness the free laborers leave off ' vfork, Tho proceedings .were s|y orderly, and the men made their; way home without ,any. demonstration being made against them., ,;.' i The craw of the steamer Huiti gave r 24 houri' ; notice yesterday ' morning of their intention to jeavO' the vessel,' l It is" probable that ifie steamer will be laid up'again. Yesterday afternoon the President, ' Vice-President, and Secretary of the Trades .and Labor Coutipil, with several; leading Unionists; had an interview with the Premier with, respect to the present difficulty, .. DuNEDiN, September 17; .• The Monowai loaves here to-mdr-'« row afternoon. Her entire orew is non-union with, the exception .of tho - cooks and stewards, who will decide '. at 1 o'clock what action they will take. It is uaders'tood. that a number of tbem will remain by the ship winterer tho decision is. There is no . difficulty about fending opnlpading \ the various hatches,' Oarey^' i has expressed himself perfectly-satis-fied .with the oreiv, ahd says on leaving Williamstown there ■ was i)' \, surplus of. twenty hands .over.. tho number required to work the ship.

Greymouth, September 17. The s.B, Brunner, has arrived, There. is some difficulty in getting the labour to discharge her, as nil but two of the non-unionists who.discharged the Grafton joined the Union this morning.. The wharf is crowded, but all is quiet:

Auckland, September 17. ■ At a public meeting held under the auspices of the Anti-Poverty Society to discuss the best moans of settling the labor disputes, the following motion was agreed to:—"That it is absolutely necessary for the good of tho society that some practicable method of settling trade disputes should be found without having recourse to strikes." A further motion was then brought forward to the effect "That the nationalisation of the land was the best means of preventing labor troubles. This is a course advocated by the AntiPoverty Society." This motion was also carried.

Donations for the proposed labour demonstration on the 28th' October are not coming to hand as freely as could be wished. This is accounted fcr by the drain resulting from the strike.

Threeprominent Unionist lumpers who have beon on Btrike resumed work yesterday for the Union S.S. Co.

The supply of nonunion labour in Auokland is m excess of demand, Donald and Edinborough had no difficulty in filling the places of those who left the Richmond.

The Secretary of the Tailoresses - Union, Mr Farnall, has resigned that position at the. request of the Union, • The Trades and Labour' Council said that Farnall demanded the dismissal. of six tramway employees because : formed a Union, and that,he;; provided ': non-union labour .for?V the coal hulks ;in the with recommendations froi'the'". Knights of Labour, ofwhioh body he is secretary, Farnall has owph&tioftlly denied both oharges, He stated at a meeting of the Union that the Knights of Labour, while they were prepared to' support Unions,,, when they were in the right, believed" that the present strike is a mistake, and in Mb ewe could not, therefore, support them. In his opinion Um'onß were not justified in calling workers out of an industry in which they wero getting good wages, reasonable hours, and were in'porfect accord with their employers, unless they were prepared to do two things—first, to pay the • workers so brought out a fair sum for BUBtenance until the strike was over; and second, to reinstate those strikers, in their former position, Fifteen seamen on strike, who were staying at the Sailors' Homo, have left that institution because they were asked to pay for board in advance, in J accordance with the rules of the -. Home. They oonsider thVdemand a sharp one, and say there need not have been 'any apprehension about money, as a majority of the men had funds enough to keep them for months to come,

The Auckland Employers' Asiooiation havo received an invitation [rom the Southfor federation with a similar Association there,

Later, The Brunneris now discharging . from her foro hatch only, having only 1 four non Unionists from shore, 16 others having joined the Union. Arrangements were made for a largo " squad of Chinamen to discharge tho cargo, bat the interpreter and other .Ohineso dissuaded thorn, and they declined to go to work, All efforts to entice the non Unionists on board the, Brunner to leave were unavailable; Wanqanui, September 11 Matters connected with tho labour ' difficulty are all quiet now, A meeting of the railway, servants has been held, but nothing waa <£i decided ;oq. - ,^1