LABOUR UNREST IN EVENT OF RAILWAY STRIKE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 51, 1 March 1913, Page 5

LABOUR UNREST IN EVENT OF RAILWAY STRIKE.

TRAIN PORTERS WILL PARTICIPATE JOINT ACTION BEING ARRANGED. By Teicgraiih.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received Marc'i 1, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, 28th February. It ifi elated thnt in the event of a railway strike the train poitere will pavticipoie. Mr. Tom Mann and other syndicalists sre arroifjinr; joint action. f [Tlie Midland Railway Co-jiprny"-. men threaten to strike unless liiclididaon. a guard who was d/smissed for dieobodience, is reinstatctl.] BOSTON SHIRT WAIST MAKERS. THREE THOUSAND OU'A (Received March 1, 3.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, 28th February. I Three thousand shirt waist makers and dressmakeis in Boston have struck for higher wages. LONDON HATMAKERS. BALI.OTIN.G ON STRIKE QUESTION. (Received ilarch 1, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, 28th February. Fourteen thousand Jiatmakers in London are balloting on the question of a strike. They allege that fmployevs have violated the recent award, and also in<sis.t on tho dismissal of non-unior.i6ts. N.S.AV. COLLIERIES. NO TROI/BLE ANTICIPATED. (Received Mafch 1, 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Mi-. D. Watson ie retiring temporarily from the presidency of the Colliery Employees' Federation, in order to prosecute his campaign for election to the Federal Senate. This is interpreted to indicate that j the minera do not anticipate trouble in the Northern coalfields. j