THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN STRIKE.
ALL HANDS AND THE COOKS JOIN THE OFFICERS.
UNION COMPANY UNAFFECTED.
ACTION OF ENGLISH OWNERS.
THE OFFICERS' DETERMINATION.
DEMAND FOR PRODUCE.
AMERICAN OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE,
Sydney, this day.
The seamen, cooks and stewards have held meetings at which it was resolved to give the owners twenty-four hours' notice of their intention to quit their ships and support the officers. The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand is the only intercolonial company ab present unaffected by the difficulty. - * The English shipowners have cabled instructions to their agents to ship nonunion wool at any hazard, v
The marine officers have retaliated by resolving firmly to refuse to sail in any vessel carrying colonial wool. There is a very active demand in Sydney for all sorts of produce in view of the probable stoppage of steamer traffic. ' , The shearers have received a telegram from the American Knights of Labour offering assistance and support.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 195, 19 August 1890, Page 5
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154THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN STRIKE. Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 195, 19 August 1890, Page 5
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