CHRISTCHURCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 258, 31 October 1890, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

The following are believed to be the circumstances connected with the negotiations for the settlement of the strike, which have been proceeding here. Some representatives of the labour party asked the Shipping Committee for a conference. The Shipping Committee consulted the Committee of the Employers' Association, who drew up conditions to which the labour representatives agreed. The Shipping Committee appointed MessrsL. Harper, Stead, Lambie, and A. H. Turnbull, a sub-committee to endeavour to arrange a general conference. The subcommittee yesterday waited on the Employer's Association's committee, who passed a resolution refusing to confer with any trades not directly interested in the strike, refusing to negotiate with the Maritime Council on the ground that ib was a body with an interest outside the colony, and refusing to meeb Mr Millar as a delegate. The shipping sub-committee met the representatives of the lumpers, miners, and seamen yesterday afternoon, and the resolution of the Employers' Association was read. The labour representatives maintained the right of the seamen to elect whom they thought fit to represent them, and declined to go on with the conference on terms proposed. Mr Millar declines to makp a public statement, but it is understood the Unionists were willing to work with the non-Unionists. They have telegraphed throughout the colony for men to resume unconditionally, but will not recognise the Employers' Association, dealing only with employers individually.

Aboub twenty non - Unionists lefb per Manapouri yesterday, to work in the Wesb Coast mines.