THE COALING TROUBLE IN SYDNEY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 24 April 1907, Page 3

THE COALING TROUBLE IN SYDNEY.

[United! Pbess Association.—Coft?S NON-UNI WIST LABOUR. j CURIOUS ANTI-CHINESE DE- j •VELOPMEN.T. J' , "CLOSE-GUILD" UNIONISM. SYDNEY, Tuesday. lii connection with, the strike of the x unionist coal-lumpers, the steamer Ortona. coaled with her own crew. The .French mail steamer Tarra coaled with her .Arab crew, and got away to-day. The coaling of the Niwaru has com- * menced with non-unionists. Satisfactory 5^ arrangements have been made for bun*.ljkering the J Suffolk, which reached port, to-iday. XyXpA. novel development occurred in "■■. conection with the coaling of the Tsi- i ; nan. Two of her Chinese craw were en- ' ;.. gagei} in working the winches aboard a J-\cpflier alongside. The strikers reported the matter to their union and a warrant V was issued 'charging the Chinese as contract immigrants in contravention of the Immigration Act with landing in .:-Australia before the Minister,had approved of the contract. The Chinese 'were brought up at the Police Court and remanded on bail. YY .Employers- express themselves satisfied with; the nnmber bf men applying 'at;their Bureau.- On, the other hand thif strikers'" assert that very few are i "applyingY. >-';"''As. a result of alleged - interference Jwith men at'the Employers' J. _-,Bureau the" strikers' have been compelled JY; toi reinovg-from the immediate vicinity, Y;.but wheri'-beyond the immediate influence .--of the police;' applicants' are subjected 'to} jthe .usual attention by tho pickets and taunting and. jeering N by the 'crowd. Pickets are also cruising in the vicinity of the vessels coaling in . the harbour. -, The general manager of the North German Lloyd's Company will be forced to get coal from other sources while the present uncertainty of labour conditions . lasts. During the past fortnight he ,-J-"T>ought 2000 tons outside of Sydney, and the Company's . freight . and Island 'steaniers will coal at other joorts. If the V strike extends to miners, the Company will be able to procujrs sufficient coal at .Y 1 Colombo or in the E'asf. - .Trouble is threatened' between the Newcastle V stevedores and the Coal Trimmers' Union owing tb the delay in coaling a, vessel. The stevedores assert that plenty of union labour is available to do trimming, but that the Union has refused to enh-rge its membership sufficient to' cope with the increased trade., i ,-. 2,