THE THREATENED STRIKE DEFERRED.

Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 9, 10 July 1890, Page 2

THE THREATENED STRIKE DEFERRED.

I Wiser counsels have prevailed, and the I Association have withdrawn from the ) threatening position which they assnmed a few days ago. Yesterday afternoon all the

officers belonging to tho steamers in port met at the office of the Union Company, at the invitation of the Hon. G. M'Loan, and were addreßaed by that gentleman at considerable length. At the close of the interview, Mr. M'Lcan explained to I the mon that ho did not wish them to come to a decision in his presence, but to go and discuss the matter freely amongst themselves. Shortly a f tor wards Captain Highman, Secretary of tho Association, called on Mr. M'Lcau and undertook to withdraw tho notieo of Monday last, that Ml the officers would bo oallod out in a week's time unices the owners conoeded the demandß. This was agreed to by Mr. M'Loan, and the negotiations for a settlement of tho difficulty, which were broken off through the ißsno of the notice, will now bo resumed. Th« Press AESooiation tologram from Dnnedin, dated yesterday, which stated thdt telegrams have passed between Captain Highman and Mr. Millar, Secretary of the Maritime Counoil, relative to calling a mooting of the Council in Wellington next Monday with a view to arbitration in the matters in dispute, is scarcely accurate, and iodcod in somo c sentials is slightly misleading. It appears that on luesday last Mr. D. P. Fisher, the I'resident of the Maritime Council, at tho invitation of the Hon. George M'Lean, had an interview — extending over thr, o hours— with that gontleman, the result being that Mr. Fisher next saw Captain Highman, Secrotary of the Marino Offioors' Association, on the subject of tho Association's ultimatum to call out the officers on the 14th instant. The conversation between Mr. Fisher and Captain Highman was so far satisfactory as to induce Mr. Fisher to wiro to Mr. Millar, with a view to invite that gentleman to persuade the Maritime Conncil (as a whole) to assemble in Wellington at an early date and act as a board of conciliation or arbitration between tho shipowners and the ' Marino Officers' Association. A number of telegrams have passed, and aro still passing, botwoen Mr. Fisher and Mr. Millar on the subjeot of tho whole Council meeting here, and, although nothing of a definite nature has been dbiided npon, it is oon idered probable here that the negotiations will ba successful. We are informed that in the interview between tho Hon. G. M'Lean and the officers in port yesterday that gentleman intimated that tho Union Company were prepared to submit a scheme of wages which he balieved would meet with the approval of tho Association. It is also said that it was in oonsoquenoe of this representation that the officers suggested to Captain Highman that the notice for a strike on Monday next should be withdrawn.