WORLD OF LABOR.

Mataura Ensign, 15 January 1914, Page 6

WORLD OF LABOR.

| ♦ i . ■ ! DISGRUNTLED AGITATOR, i | LEAVING THE COUNTRY. j PUB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION, I AUCKLAND, Jan. 14. A charge of assault arising out of the ; incident en the Maheno when Charles ; Thomas Reeves, prominent in I.W.W. j circles, and a constant speaker during .the progress of the recent strike, iva,,' objected to as a steerage passenger on I the vessel and forcibly ejected, was . heard at the Police Court to-day. | The defendant, T. K. Brook, was re- ' presented by Mr A. N. Moody, and tu.e i assault complained of consisted of seiz- : ing complainant by the arm and push- ] i ing hin* off the .steamer. 1 Mr Mahoney appeared for Reeves. j In his evidence me complainant stat- j . ed that he was followed to the boat by I a special! constable, who rushed to the j hold and called out, "Here's Reeves;j come uy, boys." 'J.'he volunteer firemen and special constables assembled quietly and! hurried towards him with excit- : ud queries of "Where's Reeves?" Then Ihe was grabbed by both arms, which I were twisted and pressed upwards at his back, causing pain, and hustled oil the steamer and along the wharf. On the-way he was hit and' kicked. His hair was pulled, and his clothing torn. Defendant, whomi he knew well and saw at the head of the crowd for some disi tance, was the man who caught him by 'one arm. | Complainant was closely examined as ; to his general conduct and mode of living, his _ associates, public utterances, his participation in the recenf strike and his demeanour towards the special constables. I iMr Moody asked him about a statement he was said to have made that the strikers should revenge themselves i upon the special constables by visiting [their farms, and interfering, with, their i wives and daughters. This had aroused intense hostility against him. Reeves vigorously denied making [ such a statement. j Did you make any statement to that effect ?—Never. i Did 1 you make a threat at all against j farmers, wives and daughters? —I have denied it. You have been opposed to the special constables?— Yes, where they came along, to oppose the interestsi of..the strikers. And the farmers, if they came down to get tTieir butter andf cheese away only?— Certainly not. t were you opppsed to them?—lf you I the whole category) of special ! constables, yes. 1 And there were uniformed police 'about at the time?— Yes, and to their shame, they took no action. I Reeves admitted being fined recently oni a charge of disturbing a parade of schoolboys and also having given evidence in a case before the licensing committee. He advocated, not sabotage,, but' intelligence in carrying on the strike. He was leaving for Sydney because he was tired of the country 'and. wanted' a change. Toe court decided that there .was insufficient evidence to justify a conviction for assault, and dismissed the ease,..

POSITION AT HUNTLY. AUCKLAND, Jan. : 14. All told, about 200 men were at work in the Extended mine at Huntly for two hours last evening and) all d&y today. Tli* officials of the new union have been interviewing the applicants for membership, and 120 have been accepted' and 34 rejected, and a number of applications' have heen held over. Preparations are now bem°: made to open Ralph's, the other Huntly mine, and operations will be re-commenced there within the next few days. The police are now leaving the township, but. a sufficient number will remain for a time to cope with any emergency that may arise. No disturbance is expected, however; have" it handy. The cold that we all get from time to time wants careful watching. You cau always feel secure if you have a bottle off Baxter's Lung Preserver haady. The people of New Zealand have been using it for fifty years and that speaks well in ite favor. It is wonderfully bracing and effective and a Is lOd bottle has been found suffipient to cure several members of a family. Your grocer will tell you the great quantity he sells of it, plainly showing that ; t is recognised as the beat remedy for coughs and colds. 71