THE BOYCOTTED FIRM

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2819, 7 August 1890, Page 2

THE BOYCOTTED FIRM

(IJY TELEGRAPH — PIIESS ASSOCIATION'). CuiusrcilfiicH, La-t Xight. This Executive of the lliilway Servants Society state that nothing will be done re Whiteombe ami Tombs till tliey Ret instructions frun tl)e Msi itimo Council. The men will not be called out on the Question of boycott, but they will simply vefus° to touch Whiteombe and Tomb^'(funds. If the Commissioners suspend any ni:ui for refusincf to touch them, they will bo asked to reinstate him, anil if they refu.-e Ihey will be olferc'.l arbitration, but if they refute r«rbitiatinn the men will go out. The labour party profess themselves ytill anxious for a! bitr.i! ion oil Hi! gmera! qu:s-

PuNKniN, Last Night. The Maiitinie Council to-day sent a lengthy communication to the Railway Commissioners asking the latter not to interfere, but to allow Labour and Capital to light matters out. So long as no member of the affiliated bodies is made to suffer through dismissal or suspension the crisis may bo averted, but Iho first man made to .suffer will be the signal for everything to stop from Auckland to the Bluff. The letter disclaims being a thre.it in any sense, but simply a statement that the persons concerned may not go into the matter with their eyes shut.