UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.

Mataura Ensign, 16 January 1914, Page 5

UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.

STRIKE FIZZLING OUT. LEADERS UNDER ARREST. MEN RETURNING. -V i } I, 'ljt ELECTRIC TELEGBAPH COPYRIGHT. •*BR UNITED FEESS ASSOCIATION. Received January 16, 9.45 a.m. I JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 15. 1 The Trades Hall has surrendered un- t •onditionally. The leaders, Bain and : l Mason and 30 others were marched i under an overpowering escort'of police!' to headquarters. j The position regarding the railway j i strike has been relieved. The strike f is collapsing and there are mora ap- < plications for employment than there! ar« vacancies. The normal train ser- t vice is retiming. ! < CAPETOWN, Jan. 15. j A communication from the Trades 11 Hall to Router's states that as a result * of a conference it has been decided to communicate with the Government. The 1 proposal is that the strike novr being ( general the federation is prepared to c discuss a settlement. — t POBITION AT JHE MINES. c UNDERGROUND MEN WORKING. Received January 16, 9.45 a.m. JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 15. Disturbances occurred in- the streets at Benoni last night, the strikers throwing dynamite amongst the police. There were 23 arrests. * The position along the Forty Miles < reef is that in the various Somes mines 1 all the underground men are coming out. The other mines' underground 1 workers in this locality are working, and only,the surface men are striking. In the cases of other mines the majority cf both surface and underground workers are working. The position will he defined this afternoon. EMPLOYEES VOLUNTEERING. j Received Januarv 16, 9.45 am.. 1 JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 15. The 'Transvaal Leader' only comprised four sheets this morning and was set by hand. This was hitherto a union bouse but the proprietary announces 1 that in future it will he non-union. ' Reports received from the East Rand 1 Proprietary mines show that except for a few out-Btations the whole group is im full swing and the feeling is of the %uietest. It is stated that the managers who have been; at Heidgeara since six o'clock this morning are optimistic at the prospect of keeping the whole of this group working. The night passed absolutely without incident, apart from arrests of persons who were about without possessing permits. The Trades Hall is still isolated) and no pedestrian or cart is allowed! to go anywhere near it. The Government's reply to the offer to surrender was that the control offioer would arrest every man within the hall, using the most drastic measures necessary if, after warning, the occupants would not surrender without violence. POSITION SATISFACTORY". i Received Januarv 16, 10. 45 a.m. JOHANNESBURG, J*«. 15. \ The situation among miners on. the Forty Mile Reef continues on the whole, satisfactory. Reports from the . Bast Rand and West Rand last night indicated that there is a decided unwillingness on the part of the men te . oome out. In some cases, as on the East Rand, employees representing a large section of the men are volunteering for the. protection of their respective mine properties. On the goldfields group especially and in the Rand mines the men seem well disposed, but to-day is the critical time aftdl will show whether the Miners are responding to the federation's orders or not. WILLING TO MEET GOVERNMENT. Received Januarv 16. 10.45 a.m. CAPETOWN, Jan. 15. A message from the Trades Hall to Reuter's states that the federation is willing to meet the Government and desires to discuss the whole situation with it. Between 500 and 700 stevedores are striking. They demand inten alia 6s daily instead of 4s 6d and 5s for aa. eight-hour day. Shipping at present is little affected and the crews are working their ships with the assistance of a few loyal workers, but work is necessarily retarded. ' GOVERNMENT TO SHOW CAUSE. Received Januarv 16, 9.45 a.m. CAPETOWN. Jan. 15. The strike, on the Cape Peninsula is fizzling out. The Cape Federation will • meet to-night to consider whether there shall be a general strike in the Cape province or not. Reuter's Pretoria correspondent states that applications of strike leaders were lodged in the Supreme Court this morning for the Government to show cause why it detained and postponed inde-' finitely consideration regarding the men now imprisoned under martial law. STEVEDORES OUT. 'Received Januarv "S ' '" u.in. , CAPETOWN, Jan. 15. Some hundreds of colored stevedores employed bv private firms struck at the Capetown (locks this morning, demanding 1 >etter pay ; otherwise the situation on the Capo Peninsula is improving further. The strikers have returned at Salt 'River. Men in trades generally are ■marking time. GOVERNMENT TO BLAME. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COrYUIGHT. TIMES-SYDNEY SDN SPECIAL CABLE. Received Januarv 16, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 15. 'The Times' in a leader referring to the South African strike says that although tho Government is meeting the crisis with admirable resolution it must Vbear part of the blame for the misIfcuided arrogance which had come upon j.'the 1 ,abor candidates regularly supported W General Botha's followers against ~Tihe unionists. There could be no doubt that these tactics misled the labor leaders. When the conflict was over those who had combined for self-defence wo"'d hanllv return to thoir old political d:f- ---■ ferences. .