TRADES AND LABOR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3649, 27 October 1890, Page 2

TRADES AND LABOR.

THE POSITION AT HOME. ", AUSTRALIANCOMPLICATIONS, (United Press Association.) London, October 28, : The Trades, Council has made, an unanimous appeal to all trades in the United Kingdom to assist in providing the loan of £20,000 required for the Australian strikers, and profess that they are confident of success. Mr Burns urges the prompt subscribing of the amount. Mr Burns has gone to Plymouth to meet Mr J. D. Fitzgerald, the labour delegate from Sydney, who visits England to explain the position of afiuirs in Australia. Hiß explanation will be made at a speciallyconvened meeting of representatives from the London trades, Mr J, D. Fitzgerald, the Sydney labour delegate, has arrived at Plymouth, and was met by Messrs Burns and Mann, Tho directors of tho St, Katharine Dock have determiued to prevent the Unions supervising the tickets of the Unionists if any of' the latter are employed after 4th November, the date on which the company havo intimated their intention of employing free labour. It is probabk that the directors of the other dock companies will follow this example with regard to the employment of labour, October 24. A number of Irish navvies who had been engaged for Australia refused to start and returned to Dublin penniless. Mr J, D. Fitzgerald is arranging to address tho Trades Unions on the A ustralian labour difficulty. Tom Mann declares it would be easy to raise £40,000 to assist the Australian strikers, if an appeal is issued to ajl jhe trades, In tho ifIWMPi bowevor, they could !borrow from.wealthy Unions, | Burns, in a letter to the Chronicle, asserts that the statement that the Australian .strike had collapsed is without foundation. He also mentions that the ■ dock-owners are friendly disposed towards the Unionists, and no trouble with thorn is feared,

Sydnev, October 24. ' The Lithgow minors are dissatisfied at the position of affairs, and will resume work on Monday. • A number of officers have forwarded to the press copies of letters written to the, steamship owners in which I they ask to be reinstated to their former positions, having seen the folly of thciv action in gomg out on strike. The Labour Defence Committee admit a defeotion of officers from their ranks, A deputation, apart from the loaders, but representing a powerful section of the wharf labourers, waited to-day on tho vioe-President of the Employers' Association to ascertain definitely on what terms they would be allowed to retum-to work in tine event ofc their wishing to do so apart from their leaders, A reply was given that freedom of contract wpUliJ be strictly adhered to. • The que ; s'£ibn' was considered by the Wharf Labourers' Association, when it was, resolved not to accept the freedom of contract; but it is understood, however, that a large seotion of the men will apply for reinstatement on Monday, : A similar movement modified scale, is on foot amongst the seamen. , Cardinal Moran has written to tho leaders ..asking thorn to suspend the strike iriorder to afford an opportunity of legislation in the. matter,