BROKEN HILL STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 90, 16 April 1913, Page 5

BROKEN HILL STRIKE.

COUNSELS OF VIOLENCE REJECTED BT THE MEN. GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE. (By Cable.-r-Press Association.—Copyright.) ) (Received 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Developments in the Broken Hill strike are anticipated. Yesterday was uneventful. During the day a wire was received from Mr McGowen intimating that the Government ■ I could not entertain the unionists' pro--11 posal to tear up the Tarrawingec railway 3 and . re lay it to Cockburn in order to provide work for the unemployed, nor! r could it offer any solution of the difficulty. , Reports that tbe Silverton Tramway | l Company had removed parts of their j engines, rendering them useless, and that i South Australia bad sent a large force j Ij of police to Cock-bum to protect the rail- j - way property, threw a damper on tbe I proposal to seize and run the Silverton j trains. The men assembled in readiness to , carry out tbe seizure, but tbe leaders , took no action. At a later meeting a resolution that j j 200 volunteers seize the tramway was rejected on the voices, and a motion was ! carried to continue the fight. 51 The meeting broke up in disorder. II By permission of tbe Labour Fcdera- -' tion, foodstuffs and chaff were allowed to be removed from the railway sheds, and n fortnight's food supplies were secured. The Federation has wired to the tramway company asking for an unconditional conference. The company is considering I the request. Twelve constables left Sydney for I Broken Hill last night. | Cabinet is of opinion that the Broken Hill dispute can be referred to an Industrial Board, whose decision can be legally enforced. Such a board has now been constituted, and the Premier has telegraphed to the strikers informing them that the dispute can be settled by the ! I board in tbe absence of either party, and , urging them to present their case. Headquarters are preparing to dispatch • a-large contingent of police to Broken Hill if their services are necessary. SOUTHERN COAX DISPUTE. THE MEN UNEASY. SYDNEY, April 15. The South Coast miners are apparently not unanimous in regard to the decision to return to work. Numbers of them consider that tbe trouble is not yet settled, nothing definite having been heard from the proprietors despite the fact that Mr . Carmichael stated two representatives of the proprietors waited on him and agreed ,' to the Government's proposals. It is rej ported that the men are uneasy still .regarding the possibility of victimisation, ' I and the resumption of work is improbable ji in any case this week. A mass meeting . I of miners will be held on Thursday.