INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 11, 23 December 1911, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

i DUXDEE RIOTS CONTINUE. i THE pt >l.ll r. ST< )N ED. I I [PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTSICHT.] j London. Dec. 22. ■ The turbulence at Dundee con- ; tinm i. The strikers are preventing (the delivery of coal, and rioting oc- ; i.urred during tlie evening. i -The crowd at the. Caledonian rail- [ way station stoned trie police. The j moulted police repeatedly charged land eventually dispersed them. Four j constables were taken to the hospital t serimisly injured. THE COTTON TROUBLE. The Accrington strike was precipitated by the refusal of a man and his wife to become unionists. The Blackburn mill owners have instiucted their delegates at the cotton workers’ and spinners’ conference to support a lock-out. NOIITHFJIN MINERS. | The Durham coal miners have dei ( lined to accede to the demand of lan ii)<liv.'<trial minimum wage irreispectivc i-f llie amount oi work done. I The Not I hunibi'rland miners are ! dissatisfied with the federations re[fusal to lake action on the short I sliift question, which gives a setback to their tiggres.'-ive policy, and ! may possibly lead Io tlicir withdrawal from the federation. THIRTY .MILL'S CI.GSFD. (Received 23, Ji>.2i>p.m.) London. Dec. 22. Thirty 'milis at. Dundee arc closed in the absence <,f emtl siipphes. and 30,000 iittnds rendered idle. The pi.liee hid to make baton chai gr-s to-day. A !J M K GUT ARRANGED. ; (Received 23, 1i1.21>p.m.) i London. Dee. 22. > The cotton niitl-ownrrs met at i Mtuiehc*l l r amid: clan .1 a lock out lon Wedt'i -.Dy. nine: ing 160,000 ( hands. : The m'liswi’d rimain closed t til the I nmi-unicnist question is settled. Mirny < mployers regret the trade ‘ liiii, ns are forcing the sit lint ;■ n as ! trade is at the height <■! prosperity. BOWLING BEATEN. . Sydney. Dee. 2.3. Mr. I). Watson was ie elected presiden!. of the Ncrthi-io Miners I'ed- ' oration, defeating Mr. P, ter Bowling i hea i i iy. TRAMM. \VS XWARD. ■ Sydney. Dec. 22. I The Wage.-. Board award operating from to-morrow raises the Sydney tramway em u's wages ! per day all ' round.