SHIPPING STRIKE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2905, 26 February 1891, Page 2

SHIPPING STRIKE.

(i.v ri.ici-v■■iii i I .: 1 . 1 : ;HA!•:I. —icviicoit.) Tj'>x?>.)February 'J:j. TilK Shipping Fel -ralioii will eli- ;■ i■-V■>• :i i'lousand :id ii'ional H-ind.s to- • ii'i.l pvovi'l" :if •■•miii-i lutioii lor i h'sn. Xi'i*her side, so far. i!}ipc.us pre'l'll ■ 1111 ii 1 ?):' i' of polj 'coil {.Lilt \- at the • !»cks Jut-; ben in.:iv:i*sl. 'J'h" unions iutrn I to indirl (he Snipping Federati i;i a ; an illi-gal nm-spi.-a 'V b ■ 'aii'.-' it is ivgn'fivl under till' .Joint Stock ,\c■; i.'.siead of under till' Trnlrs Union Art. A manifesto issued by tlr> Federated Union; rhare.'es tin- <••••,mi,itiff of (he ■"•hi1I]iii ig Iriaii..,i with cii-a'rpre-sentatiou all 1 mi !•;>;. i«. ii of i'arls. l,y wlii-li m-.-nis iht-v pr.vmvl th■: issue of the ma'iii.■>!.', '„!• til- l:iili. Mr Dcviif, chairman of )!:<• Shipping i'V'i-rei ioil, denies. f il l ■ ai!r_- nioii. Th" lighter,n l "., h ,\v i■■■-..l:ii ' i biking cargo )> i;ils from five labmrers and unionists. The police force at. the Jock's has hcen largely inereasi 'I. The Shipping Federation deny thai, I hey ate m tking any conliiiou with the unbn. They nr.! sending n train full of free hib-.tii-'TS lo Card ill". Tiie Orient Company hive secured an abundant supply of labour, except s!evi'dorcs iind liremen. Seme difiicnlly is experienced in con injur-ioo of Ihe dear! h. of ill l ' !; 11 l.l" m manning Ansfriiliati sleaim rs. The crisis does not affect (h" and 0. Company. In their manifesto lite unionists accuse the Shipping Federal ion of an. altempt to promote ;l crisis. Tin; members are ordered not to strike, unless instructed to do so. February 2-!, ' The Trade Union Council for the port of London has declared a general strike of all shipuing unl riverside trades on "Wednesday. Tho Jjiibour Unions allege thai the Shipping Federation, fearing ii general strike, are not now insisting on the employment of free labour, although upwards of a thousand nonunionists are working at tho London docks on the Shipping Federation ticket. Uis the intention of the Govern--1 men I to appoint a Commission to enquire into the relations existing between the employers and employees. Later. The Orient Company are overcoming a diilicully of manning the Australia. Upwards ot ihreo thousand stevedore* are on si l ike. Tllr shipping federation is able to supply two thousand lirenien, and is providing sleeping accommodation for their men .at the Docks. Mr \V. lE. Smith states that the Labour Commission will enquire into the causes of the labour dispmes, and whether legislation on the subject is possible. Co-operative contracts an workin«well at the Albert Docks. °