A FREE FIGHT.
SEAMEN'S SERIOUS DISPUTE. MELEE AT NEWCASTLE. (Received December 4th, 8 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 4. A serious dispute among seamen employed on steamers owned hy the Broken Hill Proprietary Company and used in the inter-State trade for the Newcastle steelworks, culminated rV i 1 ree at the Newcastle Trades Ha«l to-day. Nearly fifty men kicked and fought one another until their facuis were covered in blood and their clothes torn in ribbons. At, one stage there was almost tragedy, when, two struggling men were in danger of falling over a balcony. The conflict occupied about ten minutes and stopped as suddenly as it started before the police could take a hand. The dispute arose over the manning or the ore freighters, Iron Master and Iron Prince. The Seamen's Union wanted additional men put into the stokehold, and threatened to expel the crows if they took the vessels to sea. The crews insisted that they were manning the vessels in accordance with the rules governing these ships, and refused to be coerced into a strike by the militants.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20412, 5 December 1931, Page 15
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179A FREE FIGHT. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20412, 5 December 1931, Page 15
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