THE STRIKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3623, 25 September 1890, Page 2

THE STRIKE.

affairs general"" items. ' Wellisgton, Thursday, * .The Taieri arrivod from Brisbane yesterday with 2000 tons of coal, and has a non-union crow, The Bailey leaves to-night for Napier, where blio loads with frozen meat. Things generally are quiet and are resuming their normal condition. Thfl work of discharging. the Arawa is b,eing actively proceeded Avith, Anoklanp September 24, The miners at Ralph's Taupiri Colliery' have gono out again on strike, notwithstanding the pledge that none of the ooal was to be supplied to the Union Company. It is stated that their object ia to block all work tit the Taupiri collieries. Balph'a mine will probably shut down all the summer, A •number ot non : Uip'qn np \jere ?erjt <)E til? IjtlsWv tQiiwaso the ijtaff at the Taupiri Extended mines. OiHusioiiußcii, September 24. Jrederiolf Green, William Buckley Peter A Morrison,union sympathisers, were charged this morning at the R.M Court with Assaulting Augus Drom, free labourer, and, being found guilty, jjeQaiyed one month each. Edwards, Bennett and (10, having declined to discontinue supplying groceries to the retail firm of Wardell Bros., the Grocer's Association have decided to boycott'the former, firm, who will retaliate by opening retail shops. Strike matters are very quiet in Port. More free laborers than were required were taken to lyttleton today, 215 men going there. Dunedin, September 24. Ton hands have been knocked off at t!]§ workshops, 1 and twenty others have received notice, The report that this number inoluJes Union officers is incorrect. The chargo against McKeown fif provoking a qf the peaco by Routing ll Throw "him over'' as the crowd was following a man to the Te Anau yesterday, was heard this morning and dismissed. Ij&M, Fomaig ty»posltQM< Auckland, Thursday. The Typographical Association having ordered the Observer proprietors to dismiss female compositors or pay them £2 10s pey week, Jfessra I(elly and Baulf have refused and tliis vyeek print in defianco of the Printers' Union; and in defence of female labor they (ll? gifls| jn dispute only been three years at the trad?, but are not indentured. 1 Tho Unionists say as they, are ablo to oompeto with men they must be paid full wages. Failing a compliance (i strike is threatened on Ist October. The proprietors of the Observer say the Uniou demand would involve a loss dl £ioo yearly, and the cmly alterijatiyes to close the business or -figbt the Union. They have ohosen the latter oourse. Webwnoton, Thursday, Work at the wharves is proceeding quietly, and very few strikers are about. i§ expegted feyley v?ill gel spytyr flakier ttys afternoon,

The Wareatea, which was one of o the first Bteameia affected by the k strike at this port, was brought s alongside the wharf to day, and is d disohavging her cargo of Wailiato 11 coal for the use of the City coal s I dealers. The Petone woollen mills t resume operations to-morrow. Wellington, Thursday. . 1 The government lmvo received a s number of replies from labour parties 3 intimating their intention of being c represented at the laboarconforence, 1 So far the Union'Steam'Shipping 1 Coy, is the only one on the employers' ] side which has consented to be i present, The Maritiue Council I has wired the Government that 1 delegates will not attend the confer- 1 ence unless all shipping and coal ; mining companies are represented, i