AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2831, 4 September 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.

SYMPATHY FROM ENGLAND FOR SHIPOWNERS. ENGLAND NOT LIKELY TO RESPOND LIDEKALLY. TRADES' UNION BANK. FREE LABOUR PLENTIFUL. (liY ELECTRIC TEI.EGKAI'It — COI'VTIKiHT.) Lon'DON, September '2. At a meeting attended by (iO shipowners, a Union was cstiblished, ami a resolution of sympathy with the Australian shipowners was passed warmly approving of their actiou in resisting the strikers. The "Times " says tho Trades Congress represents two types of Unionists, and it is improbable that the older Unions will respond to Australia's appeal, notwithstanding Burns' " ludicrously incorrect account " of the struggle ; still the congress is formally pledged to support tho gigantic strike if limited exclusively to Unions, though the apologies of the latter confess they have no grievance as to the hours and wages, or piece work. Sydney, September 3, The Finance Committee of the Labour Defence Council are formulating a scheme tor the formation of a Trades Union Bank. They state their object is to prevent their opponents fighting them with their own money. MuLHOITHNK, September 3. The Trades Hall Council is urging the slaughtermen to strike. Owing to the police affording ample protection, plenty of free labourers are offering.