END OF THE STRIKE.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7698, 1 November 1890, Page 5

END OF THE STRIKE.

STORY OF THB XBGOCUTION&

Aβ the hegocTalioaa which hattft tor Rome time been jgoiag qu between She Shipping Committee and Del*g*e«& from the Unions have Wα apparently broken os, a few particulars of whxt haa taken place, as far ad can be ascertained, will be ol interest. The men approached the ShippingCoiumittee with the idea of. bringing about an amicable settlement of the strike. They exressed their willingness to concede all the points in the letter o! the Canterbury Employers' Association to the Premier dated the 27th ult, Tte.:—" That ! the representatives 0! the labor party ! admit the undoubted morel and legal ' l right ot employers to retain the free labor engaged during the strike, at well a* feba right ot free or Union labor being indiscriminately employed; and also agree that Union men shall work] with the free labor." Upon those terms a meeting was arranged between the representatives ot the New Zealand Federated Seamen's Union, the New Zealand Federated Wharf Labor Union, and the New Zealand Coal Miners, with a Sab-Committee from the Committee which supplies labor tor the pore of Lyttelton, with che idea ot bringing about a conference to consider any minor difficulties in the future. The labor delegates unanimously agreed to make tha foregoing concessions on behalf of their I respective Unions, th» Shipping Committee also stating that if a conference were held ft must oe on the understandi Ing that the Uuiona dlsamliate themselves from the Maritime Council and that they frive some guarantee for the prevention of strikes in the future.. The delegates were also given to understand that on no consideration would Mr Millar be allowed to be preseut ac any meetings. The Shipping Committee took the matter up in earnest, and placed themselves in communication with several principal employers elsewhere, and with the Canterbury Employers , Association. This latter body considered the proposals, and drew up a certain resolution, based upon the lines of the concessions made by the delegates, to send to kindred Associations throughout Zealand; but before doing co, and in order to make their position perfectly clear, they sent it 10 the Shippers , Committee, with a request that they would submit it to the delegates for confirmation. The subCommittee invited the delegates to meet them, and after having explained the resolutions already referred to the delegates agreed to accept it, aud every - thing lookediasif a settlement agreeable to the unions would be brought about* But once again came the question of represent tativ63 at the Conference, aud Mr Millar's name was suggested, not as a member of the Maritime Council but as the elected representative of the New Zealand Federated Seamen's Union. 'They were again told that it would be perfectly useless to attempt to get up a Conference if Mr Millar to take any part in it, and the delegates decided to retire aud give a reply to the Shipping Committee on Friday morning. We have made enquiries, andftlnd that the Shipping Oorarnittee have not received any official intimation that the negotiations are broken' off, neither have the Unionists m&deauy application co be re-instated, and the Unionists in port, so far as we can learn, have received no notification from their leaders that they are '■&%'■ liberty to return to work. Seeing, however, that the Grey mouth (nines will be in fall swing early next week, and that the repairs are about completed to the incline brake at Dounlston, it is evident that the only difficulty wMcli lias so far remained unsolved fes Cleared away. Naturally, therefor strl ke in the oolong te practically at an cad. The Uttle-dUßcfet ties on the wharvea are being rapidly ad* Justed. The free laborers are able to cope quite satisfactorily wifli the work required of them, and by the time thafc tiia *asa ol woriE takes place sufficient laborers will nave been educated in the Ktowiftg ol Wool in the holds to train the surptua tres labor which must be taken on daring the busy season. ■'■ ' ;, "- ; .-•■■■■ ' :