INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15407, 16 September 1913, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

ADVICE TO RAILWAYMEN.

"STRIKERS SHOULD ARM."

COPYING SUFFRAGETTES.

STRIKE-LEADER RELEASED.

By. Telegraph—Press Association—

(Received September 15, 10.55 p.m.)

London, September 15. Addressing a meeting of railwaymen in Victoria Park yesterday, Mr. James Thomas (Labour M.P. for Derby), appealed to the men not to fritter away their powers and prostitute the great position they held.

There was danger in calling out railwaymen over every little sectional dispute. Such action would lead to anarchy. He did not believe that five per cent, of those who demanded 30s a week as the minimum wage had given five minutes' consideration to what it meant.

The demand was idle clap-trap. The speaker asked would the pay of the higher grades be increased proportionately. If not, the demand was grossly unfair. Mr. Ben Tillett, addressing a gathering of 10,000 trade unionists at Southampton, advised all strikers to arm themselves with the most murderous guns they could get, and to be drilled by ex-soldiers and sailors in order to protect themselves.

A resolution was passed condemning the action of the Dublin police during the recent riots. The painters, who are now on strike, have, after a ballot, accepted an immediate increase of Id an hour. Other points, including tho demand for another $d, have been referred to arbitration.

The master decorators employing 7000 men have agreed to the terms, and the men's leaders are asking the master builders to accept them. One of the Dublin strike-leaders, named James Connolly, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in default of finding sureties to keep the peace, has been released from Mountjoy prison as the result of a successful hungerstrike.

An order has been issued to drivers and conductors to refrain from wearing union badges while on duty. Twelve men have been suspended for wearing the button of their union, and in consequence a general strike of the London 'busmen is threatened.

WHARF-LABOURERS' STRIKE.

POSITION STILL UNCHANGED.

(Received September 15, 11.35 p.m.) Sydney, September 15. The position with regard to the wharflabourers' strike is unchanged. It has not extended yet, though it is reported that the trouble is to apply to the Ulimaroa arriving from New Zealand to-morrow. The office staff has commenced unloading the Era, together with the permanent wharf hands. The Wages Board is still hearing evidence.