MELBOURNE STRIKE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 16 June 1920, Page 5

MELBOURNE STRIKE

AN ABORTIVE CONFERENCE (By Electric Telegraph-—Copyright) (Australian A N.Z. Cable Association) MELBOURNE, June 15. The conference _pf employers and strikers proved abortive. There will be no stoppage of work by the sewerage employees, as their demands have been conceded. There has been a great rush oil lamp shops, though only a small proportion of the demand can be met. Prices of lighting material are rising rapidly. There are ■ now fifteen thousand idle. EMPLOYERS ACTING UNITEDLY PROSPECTS OF COMPROMISE NOT BRIGHT

(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright). (Australian A N.Z. Cable Association) (Rec. Juno 16, 9.50 a.m.) ■ MELBOURNE, This Day. Ft is estimated that 20,()Oo are idle through .the strike, though there are only two thousand actual strikers. The decision of the employers to act unitedly has resulted _in _ a hardening tendency minimising any gleam of compromise. The strikers’ deputation to the Premier, accused the latter of taking sides with the employers. Mr Lawson denied the impeachment, insisting that he only endeavoured to keep_ public buildings going. Cabinet refused to intervene in the dispute, asserting that the principle of deciding industrial disputes was at stake and therefore the matters should be determined by the Court.