A NATIONAL FIGHT |

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 119, 20 May 1912, Page 3

A NATIONAL FIGHT |

EMPLOYERS CAN HAVE IT. j STRIKE HARANGUES. [BY TELEGRAM! — WtISS ASSOCIATION.) WAIHI, 19th May. On Saturday night an immense crowd thronged the main street, and a great audience listened to an address by Mr. Savage, of Auckland. Perfect orderliness was again the marked feature of tLe assemblage. This afternoon Mr. Savage addressed a mass meeting of women and men out at the Recreation Ground. He exhorted the men to remain firm, and be pointed out that the great industrial development that was taking place all over the world — in the factory and in every walk of life — made the industrial solidarity of the working classes imperative. The workers must organise under a head, and make common cause. It was foolish to think for a moment that the master classes were going to help the workers. They, as workers, must help themselves. The daily p.ress misrepresented the Federation, cither for lack of understanding or deliberately. It was quite evident that the employers wanted a national fight, and, if they wanted a na.tional fight, they could have it. (Applause.) He never knew anybody who looked for a fight thut didn't get it. He believed that the Waihi strike was going to be carried out t*• a successful isfcue. He (the speaker) would be attending a conference at Wellington on j TjKgdu& and 4 if nothing y/as. . jfgae by-

that time, tho Waihi miners would see something don© very doon after. In concluding, he assured the gathering that they were not alone in this fight. The workers in Auckland, and in every part of the Dominion would be there, and were equally as enthusiastic as the Waihi men. (Applause.)