DISSENSION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 687, 11 December 1909, Page 5

DISSENSION.

RES;OF^LEADER.. f^^.::- b6wung-; : v;; hmhes; ;';:., LATTER:OPPOSES' APPEAL TO FORCE • (By Telegraph.—Press Association.-.Oopyrlffht.i ;■.''-. ■':.-, Sydney, December 10. ; Mr. Hughos has ;repliod; to tho speech mado by ..Mr. Bowling at Wallschd, in which Mr. Bowling'(the miners' leader) declared that Mr. Hughes's leadership had been, a -failure, and th&t./ tho men had boen fooled too. long by talk of mediation; and would have to fight or crawl down., Mr. Hughes' says Mr. Bowling! has. ■plainly', declared war, against the Strike Congress,.; and threatens to sweep .'aside all, its effort!) at .settlement. ; Mr.; Bowling is, declares Mr. Hughos, aiming ;at. a revolution—an appeal to force, -v He I (Mr. ;Hughes) was irrevocably opposed ,to' that .policy, and...would/ not endorse..it.'.Maybe, tho unionists in.New.South Wales, would ; prefer • Mr.; Bowling's: methods. If; :were/freoVto ; follow 'him, Tho democracy's,; only hope was in unity. Ho hoped. Mr. Bowling wouldsee' the wisdom of leaving ;tho .settlement of ,tho dispute in the hands; of, the Strike. Congress..;-'.' Unless wild, impracticable schemes -were: laid aside,- unipnism'would bo'behton..';'; ';.'• ',:.''; ■.Mr. Hughes threatens to withdraw from tho striigglo.unless/Mr.; Bowling obeys tho. Striko .Congress.; .':.:■:'--'■/'-';;■■ '■■.''■'.■.'■",•'.''■■.'■'■ '■'■'

CONGRESS SUPPORTS MR, HUGHES. BY TOUR VOTES , AND ENDEAVOURS TO ASSERT ITS , AUTHORITY (R«o December 11, 120 am) ' Sydney, December 10 ] The Strike Congress, bj four lotcs, carried | a resolution approving the sort of leadership condemned by Mr Bowling, and called upon ' all unions to take directions from the Con-1 gress , ONE WRONG MAKES ANOTHER. WHARF LABOURERS REFUSE TO LOAD PALERMO (R«c December 11, 120 am) Sydney, December 10 Following on the action of the coal lumpers —who, against the decision of the' Strike Con gtcs,, refused to unload the Japanese coal brought by the P and O steamer Palermo— tho wharf labourers now decline to load tho Palermo, owing to her having discharged her foreign coal with her own crew INEXPERIENCED MINERS. STRIKE LEADERS ON THE DANGER Sydney, December 10 Mr W M Hughes and other strike loaders strongly condemn the proposed action of the Government to protect free labour in tho mines, in that .t ignores tho safety regulations of the Mining Act by allowing nonl.niomsts to bo employed in pits They de clnro it would ba criminal to permit inexperienced men to enter tho mines Rs-ILWIY TRAITIC AND IMPORTED COAL Sydney, December 10 With imported coal, the railways hope to copo with tho holiday traffic and keep live ttock and tood tiains running A afqoli-by ofpjjials^injjthojemploy of lnter.'Stalp '"stamship owners to try their hands at mediation , Tho Aberdaro miners' lodge resolved to ask all unionists in tho military forces to resign Melbourne, December 10 Unemployment, as a result of tho Now South Wales striko, is rapidly increasing In tho bulk of cases tho sorvices of employees have not beon dispensed with, but oxtonded holidays luuo been gnen

London, December 9. The "Daily Mail's" Calcutta correspondent states that if tho Australian strike continue.), thero are prospects of numerous orders, for Bengal coal. Fifty thousand tons have already been booted at Calcntta. If unloading is ;safely:,effeotod,; many'qther,cargoes-will be dispatched. '.: : '!-',f ': : ■'■ : -' :V, ' ,, \ I ''.' .[■ "■' .'■':' '■'.!'"'/' .1