THE GREAT STRIKE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2680, 14 September 1889, Page 2

THE GREAT STRIKE.

(nv Ei.Kcnuc TuriEOßAi'ir.—ooi'viur.iiT.) rjON*nov. Roptomlmr 12. Tim strikers have .£12,000 in tlio B.ink. It was the Strike Commitloe who empowered Cardinal Planning to no.trofia.tn with the employers. The Standard savs Australian artizans will find that while nominally helping doc:k labourers thoy have really been playing into the hands of Socialist agitators. Burns is ill from tlio effects of overwork. The Seaman's Union has sent a manifesto to Australia, asking the Unions there not to allow the Tainui to he unloaded; on the ground that she is manned by " blacklegs." September 12. The Tainui, whoso departure was delayed by the strilco, has started. She coals at Ph'mouth. 'The Dock Committee still refuse to give any advance before January. City men are cabling to the Australian Unions to the effect that the support given by Australia to the strikers is imperilling the position of London. The leaders of the strike admit it must have collapsed without the supplies of money received from Australia. A citizen of Loudon offers £200 on condition that £8000 more is subscribed to recoup the Dock Company's cost of conceding an advance in November instead of January. Burns has declined to stand for the Dundee seat, rendered vacant by the death of Mr Firth. September 13.

To the surprise of everyone Cardinal Manning announces that the strike lias virtually been amicably arranged subject to the settlement of a few points. Dunkivin', Thursday. Tlig Federated Stewards' and Cooks' Union have forwarded £200 to the funds of the dock labourers on strike in London. Sydnev, September 13. The Maritime Council state they have received no communication from London asking then; not to discharge any vessels loaded by blacklegs. Mkmioprxk, September 13. The strike fund has reached £13,300. | lt\" TIiLEOKAI'H.—I'KKSS ASSOCIATION.! Wei.UNoton, Friday. With reference to the cablegram from London that the strikers had cabled to Australian Unions asking them not to discharge vessels which have been loaded by "blacklegs," it may be mentioned that the Seamen's Union here have had no notification to that effect. There is no Lumper's Union in Wellington. The Tainui was to have sailed from London on the 7th inst., therefore, is due in the colony on 20th October. The trades affiliated to the Trade and Labour Council subscribed £70 in aid of the strikers' fund ; numerous lists have yet to be collected.