THE STRIKE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8543, 25 March 1908, Page 5

THE STRIKE.

The time given for tho payment of the fine of £75 imposed on the union has now expired, and the only thing left for the Government to dr. is to collect the amount. The union has decided that it, will not pay; and if that decision is adhered to tho individual members of the union will be responsible. Probably the Labour Department will first of all approach the union itself with a demand for payment, and it has power to seize the effects of the imior. in .satisfaction of the debt. Failing that, the department will proceed against tho members, who under the Act are liable up to the extent of £10 per head. ' The Post says 'it is understood that proceedings to bo commenced without delav.

Said an employer to a Times representative, who desired light on the Blackball strike: "If the Court can't make a union pay a fine the miners should be sued and* fined. If .they won't pay tho fines, they should go to gaol. If they go to gaol, there will bo universal trouble. If the Court remains a Court which simply panders to employees, then tho employers will see that the Arbitration Act is wiped off the statute book. The employers are ' lying low and sayin' nothing' just no-.v. but they will have a great deal to say in a week or two. In fact, their time is coming." Per Press Association CITRISTCHURCH, March 25. Tho Christonureh General Labourers' Union last night voted £10 as a donation and £1 a week as long as tho strike lasts to the wives and children of tho Blackball minors.