TRADES AND LABOUR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3652, 3 November 1890, Page 2

TRADES AND LABOUR.

THE ENGLISH POSITION..: AUSTRALIAN COMPLICATIONS London, October 80.;"' The Labour federation has been formed, with Tom Mann as President. The rules have been adopted, and it is expected that the Federation will comprise upwards of 100 unions. The Executive of the Dockers' Union express' themselves satisfied with the terms ■ offered by the shipping companies, and have forbidden the strike whioh threatened to take place on Monday. It is believed that tbo comparative system of Labour will generally b6 adopted by the dookers.

Sydney, October 81. -; Several attacks on free labourers havo been reported during the past - two'days.. ■ A body oi three "hundred men rushed a steamer from Newcastle,' whioh was lying at the wharf, and maltreated the. non-Unionisfcs who were working onboard of her. One man was thrown bodily-into the water, but his rescue was efteoted. Eventually the police succeeded in. quelling the disturbance. One of the sergeants of police was wounded by a piece of road metal, which was hurled at him, and he had to be conveyed to the hospital. The steamship owners have declined to accede to the request of the Marine Officers' Association for a conference, but have intimated to individual members that they will be pleased to meet their late officers at any time when not associated with any other labour bodies. . .-.;.■: At the annual meeting of the Employers' Union,'the President, "id his address, said that the employers generally having ■ formed themselves into a Union, were' not desirous of seeing the end of Unionism among the trades, but they consider it is the duty of the labour leaders to take a. ballot of those. interested before proceeding to extreme measures. Newcastle, Ootober 31.

• In reply to the request of the miners to be taken back, the mine owners have intimated to the men that they are willing to meet them in a conference at an early date. Melbourne, November 1. The Trades Council have received a formal letter announcing the withdrawal of the Mercantile Marino Officers' Association. The letter states that the Association have no longer any desire to remain affiliated with the Trades Council, as they recognise they are only a stumbling block to a peaceful settlement of the present labour difficulty. Bbisbane, November 1. A party of free labourers working here struck work owing to a reduction of pay for overtime from 8s to Is 6d per hour, bufcihey resumod, on condition that 2s be paid till the end of the week.