SIGNS OF THE END.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15480, 11 December 1913, Page 8

SIGNS OF THE END.

OFFICIALS AT VARIANCE.

WELLINGTON MEN TIRING.

[BY TK.EGRAFII.—SrECIAL CORRESPONDENT.} Wellington, Wednesday.

That the members of the old watersiders' union are not a happy family - was made apparent by the proceedings at one of their meetings yesterday. Outsiders were, of course, not admitted, but everyone who passed along the street knew that pretty serious trouble was brewing. Storms of hoots broke out at frequent intervals, and it was quite evident that someone was having a particularly bad time. The "solidarity" of the strikers is not at all what the strike controllers say it is, and there are'' many members'of the old union who have been ' speaking plainly about the position. From these it is learned that considerable strife has arisen between two prominent officials of tho union, and the names they call each othor at tho meetings are more emphatic than polite. It is stated that one official has repeatedly told the union that the "game is up" and that the sooner they confess themselves Deaten the better. The increas-1 ingly large number of strikers seeking work on the wharves shows that the rank and file have lost confidence in their leaders.