LABOUR TROUBLES

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 155, 25 March 1908, Page 7

LABOUR TROUBLES

■ WII4RVES DISPUTE. - .CONFERENCE OF PARTIES. I '■i POSITION- REPORTED IMPROVED. ' BY TELEGRAPH —rRCSS ASSOCIATION —COPYfIIGIIT. ; (Reo. March 25, 1.5 a.m.) \: ■ .■■ ■ 'Sydney, March 24. Thd 1 conference': between, representatives of ■ tho Wharf Labourers'-Union and tlio coastal companies was-continued; to-day. ; After tno adjbtirnment, tho Press' representatives were informed that-tho position was Hot anymore ■ ■ oritioal thaiv it was yesterday.. rddfihit'o; statement'' ( as to- whethor thoro . • will bo.'peace or an indefiilifco contimi&tian of tho strugglo .will probably-bo given t-c-mor-tow afternoon. Thero is reason to believe, however, that tho position is somewhat im- . proved; ' -• -r v ..The Doep Sea Stevedores' Association .has '. issued'suminonses against fourteen .members ■'.of the Wharf'Labourei's''TJniou,; for. Ijreaches d award. : .. STRIKE,OF ENCINEER6. ' TACTICS'CONDEMNED. MR; BARNES FAVOURS ARBITRATION. . -x. .' ■ . - ,j. !Londi>rij March 23. . ' Mr. Q; N>. Barnes, Labour M.P., and general • secretary to . tho, Amalgamated " : . Society , of. Engineers, ! in- a speech in Loni don,, said? the'' engineers,. in' tho. North-east ' had been-^wrongly'advised to rejoet the . ,terms: of■. Gottleiri enfri proposed,. inasmuch- as ' arbitration would havo yielded better results ! than a strike', fought on a falling .market.'. . Tho vote, ho added,/had, weakened | tho in- ; fluonoo of "trade unions.-' ..-■■■■! . !.. : THE PAINTERS STILL OUTi -.v: . TROUBLE EXTENDING. , - (Rec.- March 24, 9.40 p.m.) - , Sydney, March 21.. /r.Tlie',paultW' : .strike. .-.'-men are now'idlo. A .few fiftns hate coneWMi the men's demandsi -