NO SETTLEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 5

NO SETTLEMENT.

j THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAL CRISIS. i A BOARD TO BE SET UP. ) \ ACTION UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL ' DISPUTES ACT. (Br Teleeraph.-I'rcai /liuncliillon.-Ooiurrt(ht.l , Sydney, December 3, Mr. Wade's interviews wilt Messrs. Learmonth and Hughes—tho object of which was | to give tho parties an opportunity of coming' , to somo arrangement so as to forestall legal proceedings by tho Government—were fruitless. Action will be taken to-day to nppoint a board under tho Industrial Disputes Act to deal with tho trouble. Tho Labour Tarty Caucus formulated a proposal for a settlement of tho strike. The nature of that proposal is a secret. It will bo submitted to tho Strike Congress to-day. Mr. Hughes states that tho situation is critical, and that everything depends on tho next twenty-four hours whether there will bo a settlement or aujroat industrial cataclysm. PROPRIETORS REJECT PROPOSALS. ME. HUGHES'S VIEW. CRco. December 1, 1.30 a.m.) Sydney, December 3. Tho Labour party has submitted to tho proprietors and'to tho Strike Congress proposals for a settlement, under which it is suggested that both parties should withdraw their letters to Mr. Wado and start tho negotiations do novo. The. proprietors have turned tho proposals down. Tho Strike Congress, though it has sent no official'reply, is yet. understood to bo favr Durable. . Mr. Hughes, loader of tho strikers, stated tonight that .the position, so far as bringing the parties together is concerned, is hopeless. PREMIER INVOKES INDUSTRIAL COURT. ACTION OF JUDGE HETDON. (Bee. December 3,' 10.50 p.m.) Sydney, December 3. In the Industrial Court tho President, Mr. Justice Heydon, read a letter from the Premier, Mr. Wade, officially informing him that all efforts to effect a settlement of the coal trouble by a conference, or to secure tho appointment of a board under the Industrial Disputes Act, had proved futile. Mr. Wado conveyed this official information in order that Judgo.Heydon might consider tho desirability of taking any further action he thought necessary in tho public interest under tho powers conferred >by the Industrial Disputes Act. Judgo Heydon announced that a Newcastle Colliers Board would bo appointed to deal with tho matter in dispute. Ho adjourned the matter till Saturday morning for tho appointment of a ! Board. , " LUMPERS REFUSE TO,WORK IMPORTED COAL, ' \ ■

• PALERMO'S SHIPMENT. Sydney, December 3. Although the Strike Congress decided that tha Japanese coal, brought by tho steamer Palermo for the P. and 0. Company's mail steamers shonld bo handled, the Coal Lumpers' Union is not .altogether-satisfie'd, holdjng that tha importation of coal is a blow at tho Southern mines, which have a contract to supply the P. and 0. steamers. CREW DO THE UNLOADING. (Rec. December 3, 10 50 p.m,) Sydney)' December 3. f i Tho Lumpers' Union, after a protracted discussion, decided by a largo majority not to work tho'Palermo's coal. ' The P. and 0. Company this afternoon started tho crew of the Palermo to unload tho coal, which is being placed in tho bunkers of tho liner Macedonia by her crew. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS POSSIBLE, (Rec. December i, I.SO a.m.) Sydney, December S. • ETha action, of .tho. lumpers over . trjs Palermo's Japanese coal is regarded as serious. Further developments in connection with tho handling of imported coal.aro not'improbable. RAILWAYS CLAIM ALL STRIKERS' COAL. PRICE DISPUTED.

THREAT TO CLOSE THE MINES. (Rec December 3, 10,50 p.m.) Sydney, December 3. TJio Railway Department have intimated that they require the whole of tho coal from tho Ebbw Main and tho Young 'Wallsend "pits (lvlucli are bomg worked by tho strikers under a co-operative arrangement with the owners). Tho management considered that tho prico offered'by tho Department is inadequate. Unless better terms are offered, they threaten to close tho mines. NEWCASTLE'S LOST OVERSEA TRADE. OTHER SHIPPERS' GAIN. (Rec. December 4. OAO a.m.) London, December 3. A very largo shipment of coal is being sent to tho West Coast of America, as a result in tho drop of Australian shipments to that Coast (owing to tho Newcaitlo strike).