STANDING BY THE GUILD.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1271, 28 October 1911, Page 4

STANDING BY THE GUILD.

MARITIME DEADLOCK TO DATE. Tho development which threatened yew terday in the shipping trouble has not eventuated yet, and there seems to bo no immediate prospect of a section of tho officers resuming duty as was thought" possible. The Anchor men communicated with the guild, Mid the effect of their c»»niuni«ition was made known to the owners, that they thought of resuming duty pending a iinal settlement of tho Union Company's case. To this c»niinunication tho guild replied, and yesterday tho Anchor men declared their intention of standing by tho guild. It moy bo 'that another move may follow this one, but for tho present tho men seem to be of a mind to stay ashoro a while longer. Some members of tho guild take exception t'o tho statement that tho Union Company men aro likely to accept the proposals offered. A prominent member * ftho guild informed a Doiii.mon reporter yesterday that ho thought otherwire. ' One rea«n for this belief was that some, at all event?, of the Ked Funnel officers would be in a worse position if these proposals were adopted than they were before. Also, if the seamen got anything like the rates which they proposed to ask for at tho recent conference, it would be better for an officer to go into tho fo'c'slo than to hold a position of responsibility at a lower rate of waRC. Tor instance", a six-hour donkey-, man would bo ablo to oaru (with his over-, time) as much as £'10 a month on somo. vowels. The issue of tho ballot of officers on the question must ptill bo doubtful for tho hnal result will not lx> known fur fourteen days or thereabouts. By that lime the .seamen nnd firemen may tako n bond, for their demands are to be considered at a conference which will sit mi November !i next. They are asking for oonf-ideraiil* increases, and it is freely stated that, if (hey aro not granted, tho men will strike.