SHIPPING STRIKE.
(l;V KI.IXIIIIC I'KLi;. I;.U'U—COI'YIiIGIII). LoM.iu.v, 21. TIIK unions >.re i;x.;rtin- political pi-cs-sjiiiv to seeui'c i-iiart'TS. l'"ree lab.Hirers an: ab-milaiitiit CardifV. T'lie block of shipping at Hie do -Us was wors" yesterday. The MiippinjjFuibnition is discharginp; the lluapeiiu. They demand that the men shall resume work before they will enter U]ion freslnie^otiaMons. ~Mv Wilson, secretary of tlie Sea 'tieu's Union, wlio was arrested on a charge of inciting to riot, has been committed for trial. The Shipping Federation has oncelled tlie. clause in tlie federation tiuk"t giving'prel'erence to.freu labourTlie Daily Chronicle considers that the greatest labour struggle of the cell tury is looming in the distance. February 20. An atttvnpt to effect a compromise between the United Labour Council and Shipping Federation lias failed, the latter virtually insisting on an unconditional surrender by those on strike Tho union is incense lat the action of the federation, and declare that tinproposals of the 13th instant, in which it was agreed that no preference was to be given to non-union men, have not heen observed. The union leaders further state that if tho federation on Monday insists on si general acceptance of the federation tickets, a lock out is inevitable, and that it will he followed by a colossal strike of the maritime trades. Tho membership of the Shipping Federation represent an aggregate of seven million ions.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2904, 24 February 1891, Page 2
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226SHIPPING STRIKE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2904, 24 February 1891, Page 2
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