BOOTMAKERS' UNION.
—* ■ : AN ALL-NIGHT MEETING,
A GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED.
(BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Wellington, this day. Delegates from tho Bootmakers' Unions in various parts of the colony held a meeting lasb nighb, which lasted till six o'clock this morning. Nothing was arrived ab, and a further meeting was held to-day. There is said to be a probability of a genoral strike of bootmakers throughout the colony.
The cause of difference between the bootmakers and their employers is a new statement which has been, drawn up, and it is said the point upon which the parties cannot agree is in regard to the clause which provides that the Board of Conciliation shall consist of four representatives from each Bide.- Extreme reticence is observed in the matter, but it is understood thab ib is the men who take objection to the clause. Relations between the men and their employers are said to be very strained, and a strike is thoughb to bo
imminent
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 247, 17 October 1891, Page 5
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