STRIKE WAR IN AUSTRALIA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3156, 7 August 1917, Page 5

STRIKE WAR IN AUSTRALIA

railway coal declared BLACK

UNIONISTS DOWN TOOLS ON RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS

STOPPAGE REACTS ON

FOOD PRICES

™ Sydney, August G. lue strikers how number 10,00U. —l'ress Assn.

TROUBLE SPREADS TO QUEENSLAND.

n „. Brisbane, August 6. •I no Northern Railwny employees liavo struck, stopping all tho systems from Mnckay northwards. Two thousand men are now idle.—Press Assn.

BUSINESS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED,

„ Sydney, August 6. Owing to the Bank Holiday the full effects of the restricted train and tram services liayo not yet been felt, but already it is seriously affecting businesshouses. Many thousands of residents aro delayed in reaching the city. All sorts of makeshifts aro resorted to. Developments are anticipated during the day. Tho outlook is ominous.—Press Assn.

(Rec. August G, 10.25 p.m.)

Sydney, August G. At the conclusion of a lengthy meeting of Strikers' Defence Committee it was officially announced that tho committee had declared all coal in tlio Railway Commissioners' serrico black. The delegates from the Locomotive Enginedrivers', Firemen's, and Cleaners' Union, tho Tramway Union, and tlio Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, informed the Committee that their executives had decided that their should cease work throughout the service. The effect of this will be that all railway and tramway services will cease work, as far as union labour is concerned, at midnight to-night. In spite of the unions' decision the Railway Commissioners are confident that they will be able to maintain a reasonable country passenger and goods service, although the suburban traffic will ceaso at 8.30 o'clock to-night. Coal stocks are ample to meet requirements. The railway clerks are manning the coal stages, and many outside offers of help havo been received. A few of the drivers and firemen remain loyal. The immediate effect will bo felt in the Sussex Street market, where prices are advancing rapidly. Potatoes have increased by 20s. per ton.—Press Assn.