LABOUR MATTERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1919, Page 5

LABOUR MATTERS

■ ;UNDERCfIOUNfIBfRVie£S 1 ■ " ONLY TWO RUNNING. ; (Australian and N.Z. Cable Aesomeripn) f (Rec. Feb. S, 12i6 p.m) LONDON, Feb. 3. Only two underground services are running. Thousands of clerks and Bthefis are obliged to walk as the omnibuses are crowded. The United Textile Factory Workers’ Association is * demanding a 44 hour, week for the same pay as Ssi- hours. They are approaching the employers immediately, SHIPYABJSS^O|NCIN£ER«IS EARLY RESUMPTION BX- — PBCTED. (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association) (Rec. Feb, 5, 1.35 p.m.) i LONDON, Feb. 3. Cabinet at a special session considered the whole industrial unrest. The Government continues to refrain from intervention in any strikes. Some of the Clydte strikers are resuming, and it is anticipated that most of the shipyards and engineering shops will be .working by .Sth February. LONDON ELECTRICIANS TO STRIKE. (Australian and N.Z./ Cable Assonitipnj LONDON, Feb. .4. The London Electrical Trade Union .decided to strike on Thursday, plunging, London into darkness unless the Government intervene on the Clyde,! at .Belfast, and elsewheije with a view of legislating for a national 40 : hour iwe^kLONDON HOTEL WORKERS OUT. (Reuter’s Telegrams,) LONDON, Fdb. ,3. ; Bight thousand London hotel workers have struck.- r ; | The Standard’s Glasgow correspondent states that loyal workmen " are gradually returning as the result of’the promise by the authorities' of cpmpletie protection. The shipyards ,axe expeci&l to be in full operation by WiEsdnes^jy,-’ STRUCK REPUDIATE BY! EXECUTIVE.; (Reuter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, -SVsb. & The engineers’ executive lrepudia(fces the London decision to strike *on /February 6th. --“ n. GLASGOW STRIKE CONSIDERED BROKEN. -I*. ' (Australian and N.Z. .Cable uMsorifrtiuo)

(Rec. Feb. 6, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 3. ■ G-lasgow resembles an .armed .camp. There are ten .thousand soldiers -with full V4 1 .~ - ■ ; Many workers repudiate the extremists’ methods. It is anticipated that a I large number will return to work tb- : day. ’ v ” Some correspondents declare the' .Go-v-ernment’s firm action saved, the. city from a disastrous Bolshevist riot, 'They consider the strike is -now broken, .despite the Trad© -Union's unexpected’ decision to support the mdyer meat. ' < ' It :is announced that the War Cabinet Will .take up the dispute; ately... . . ..” . .j LONDON TUBE STOPPAGE. (Rec, Feb. 5, 10-«50 ; a.,m.)“ LONDON, Feb. 5. Tlie stoppage affecte all -the jpQpcipail underground lines- except .the ,jdgsri£t railway, and .-also i Hie local. ©Ley/fcted electric, service ©u the Brightop The .district ..-railway w<njk©«s the ©trike resolution .by a -small majority, : A joint' -meeting of the Great’ Western and the-Great Central and -the NorthWestern -electric train men at decided to support the --unions-; but demanded that the executive -call -a 'national strike -if troops are drafted *fe the tubes.’ ” ■ -j’ trifling matter in dispute refers to relief time dor .meals under ttye eigjhi? hour diy “ The : comparae® concerned ©tatej^ha^ *he railway executive committee . iS.T&j sponsible loir ’ '•the .impasser ria,. iihpossible to ;say -how 'fa£ the strike yrill be .acted upon* . . . Tnp Clerks ‘ ’dd* mand recognition, cwhich Bic.. i^Rjert Stjcffijiey refpeed. The stbtionm'aafe^fe knd ’other with the Association are -neahaimug frojii drastic ..action until February.

AUSTRAIIAN MINERS, (Press Association Copyright,) (Rec. _ 10,5 a.m.) AT . iCh%s Pay. ■the Miners Federation demanded 25 per cent, increase of -wages, • . The proprietors, after a canferettoe , with the representatives -of 'the Federation, emphatically refused*