FEDERATION TO BE DEFIED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1531, 29 August 1912, Page 4

FEDERATION TO BE DEFIED.

•MOVE BY THE UUNTLY DB-IVEE& (Bj Telenrapu.— Press Association.) Auckland, August 28. It is slated that 13 out of l(i engine-, drivers and firemen in th.j Waikato Miners' Union at' Huntly liayo acceded from that body, and have joined the Waihi Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Union. The membership cards will shortly come to hand, and notice of withdrawal from the Waikato Miners' Union will tie given by the engine-drivers and firemen this week. In a. letter received from Huntly from ono of those conversant with tha position, the attitude of the Huntly engine-drivers is clearly expressed. "Wo have thrown tho glove down," the letter proceeds. "If tho federation wants fight they can have it. Many others who have been so long "afraid of the Federation of Labour and its methods will eventually ranee themselves on our side." A further communication states withstanding nil tho intimidation which we have been subjected to by tho Waikafo Miners' Union, and iu spite of the manner in which tho militant portion of that union "packed/ , tho engine-drivers' and firemen's meeting, and obtained possession of the chair, and controlled the meet-inn to a great extent, we are moro determined than ever to resist them to the uttermost. The militant portion of the union are under iTio impression that they have completely bluffed us. They never made n "l'eater'niiitako, for our notice of withdrawal will be sent to the" Waikato Miners' Union during tho week.