THE LABOR TROUBLES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5954, 6 October 1890, Page 3

THE LABOR TROUBLES.

Tho council of the Minors' Association at Brunnerton have telegraphed to the Minora , Union at Kawakawa, giving permission to the Men to return to work in the Bay of Islands Coal Company's mine. There appears, however, some uncertainty as to •whether tho company will he allowed to supply coal to the Uuion Steamship Company, and if not the men will not be allowed to go in.

The general impression at Grey mouth is that tho Labor Conference will settle the difficulty on Monday, and that the detention of tho police intended for Westport is duo to that feeling being shared by the Government. At Wellington ft wharf laborer now On strike named Charles Neilson, whose mental faculties were believed to bo deranged, was taken charge of by the police on Saturday and examined by doctors as to his sanity. Nothing aerious was found wrong with •V— him and he was discharged, the Magistrate advising him to seek work to keep his mind occupied. Thirty non-union men have been engaged at Wellington for tho Westport collieries. Strike matters remain quiet at Lyttelton. The Waihora, which arrived on Saturday, ■will not leave for north until this afternoon. A couple of her officers aro men who went out on strike but have retuvued to tho employ of the Union Steamship Company. On the arrival of tho Wairarapa, yesterday afternoon, a lady passenger was walking up the gangway to go ashore, when she accidentlydropped a small handbag between tlie vessel and the wharf. Her anxious exclamation, " Oh, my keys," brought several sympathetic stewards and bystanders to her side, and efforts were at once made to pick yip the retioule, which was seen floating near the piles. One man scrambled down on a ropo and endeavored to hook it up with a broom-handle, while a second tried to Ibmoo the article with a fishing line. Neither wore successful, and the bag seemed in a fair-way of beinglo.t when a burly firemen named O'Keilly, came along, and hearing how the case stood, disdained all halfmeasures and plunged into the water and ' secured the bag with its valuable contents. V The grateful passongor wished to reward r the man with a sovereign, but being free labor, and therefore just now a " bloated capitalist," he declined the offer with thanks, and went below to his quarters.— N.Z. Herald.

During last week the Union Steamship Companf handled in this port with free labor 4993 tone of cargo and coals. About 150 men have been employed, and £300 paid in wages, which must havo been an acceptable addition to tho wages fund of the laboring cla**. The average wages of the men, it will be seen, is nearly £3 per week, taking in even men who worked only twelve hours or so on a single steumer ; but nanyof tho men earned £4, others £4 5« 3d, £4 9s 4d, £4 12e 7d, £5, £o se, £a 10e Cd £5 18s od, and one (a ganger) £t 8s gdl— N.Z. Herald.

L PKB PKHB3 ASSOCIATION.—COPYBIOHT.] Londos , , October 4. There is a general cessation of work in £:i£Snr^°S"^ST^ * "'tfXKSoS Chatha,n are held in roadine*. to not as temporary inkers at tho GasVipht and Coke Company's Works SI North WoMwich, in the event of fheOTwent employ** _ B tnki.. ff against he employment of non-union men. lhe work- '■ men bow disclaim any intention of stnlung Thn Dockers Conferon-e has iwolwrf to urge Parliament to prevent tho pasnage of the Foreign Contract Labor 15.U, and has decided that the eight bouts system ,« unstable to dock labor though where po»lbleitAo«ldboen^^ ootol>er4 The Hallway Commwioners, havinjr riven thoir men an opportune of fro.njr to ' not be made public for tho present. It isolated on what appears to be good autnority that the wharf laborers willreturn to work on Monday. ' pS.Vare not likely to .»«« mKnallj- .f the colliete remain out on stnko. ThrouKh o r ne cSelf and only -non of good owftor are to bo taken on. The employers state that thin course is ncoewary, an a number of objectionable characters are found Long tnk eta of labor who projU SKi «» mot* officer* offering than employment for, and tho employers Wedotenninednot to entertain the pro-™-al for a conference unless the nunuto of S; Sydney conference is agreed to in Jta ' entirety. _