THE WAIHI STRIKE

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1912, Page 6

THE WAIHI STRIKE

•CAUSTIC REMARKS ABOUT FREE LABOUR. (Pefr Press Association ) AUCKLAND, Aug 23. Another mass meeting of Waihi miners was held yesterday morning. About two hundred men were present. Mr. McLennan presided. It was resolved to set up a committee to revise and amend the rules to be placed before a future meeting. , In regard to the possibility of free .labourers coming to ■ 'Waihi, '.Mr. Parry said that he had written to the Federation, asking the officials to interview the head of the railway workers' union, requesting the latter not to carry free laborers. He said that if free laborers came to Waihi it would be necessary to have an organised campaign to meet, them, so that the local men would not be fighting among themselves; A reply had Been received from Mr. Glover, stating that he would interview the union as requested. Mr. Parry added that it 1 would be necessary to have thirty or forty men at the local committee's disposal in the event of free laborers coming here, although the police and military would "only be too pleased to put a portion of last Sunday's dinner on the end of a piece of cold steel.' , . : v Mir. Parry announced that he would address a meeting of ladies this evening at 7.30. He wanted the women to pass a resolution', appealing to the railway employees not to carry free laborers coming to Waihi. • A mtner of the' Union was accused of giving information to the Press, and ffer-he had tendered an explanation at his own request, a committee was set -up to investigate the 'charges. •Som.e one called out "Traitor!" but Mr. Parry made the intrrjectoir withdraw the term.