LABOUR STRUGGLES.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1106, 12 May 1893, Page 37

LABOUR STRUGGLES.

London, May 3. The places of the men who struck work at the Albert and Viotoiia Dooks have been filled up, and work is proceeding. The Miners' Eight Hoars Bill has been read a Beoond time in the House of Commons. A division was oalled for, the voting being 279 for, and 201 againßt. Mr Gladstone voted wllih the ayes. London, May 4. Mr Gladstone supported tho second read" ing of the Miners' Eight Hourp Bill on the ground that he believed the majority of the miners were in favour of tho Bill, though he admitted he was averse to interfering with adult labour. He reserved the right of action upon the third reading, as he was opposed to making the Bill compulsory. Tho Irish members unanicaously supported the measure, and bo diid rao3t of the Ministers. Messrs Johu Morley, Burt, MoArthur, Fenwiok, J. Wilson, and 30 other Gladstonians voted against it. There was con. siderable mixing u p of parties in the division. Mr Asquith, the Home Secretary, has again refused to, withdraw the troops and bluejackets from Hull. He contends that they are doing good service in assisting to maintain order In the town. The National Conference of miners is discussing the proposal for a general strike of miners in order to lesson the output, and prevent a reduction In the rates. The Bristol dockers have struck as a protest against the employment of nonunionists. London, May 5. Pickets posted by the unionists at Hull seized a number of free labourers, but they were released by the polioe. The Dundee strike has been settled, a reduction of 2£ per cent haviDg been cepted. London; May 6. • During a disturbance at Hull' the police used their batons freely, and several unionists, who were attacking freemen, were injured before order was restored. The employers have consented to re-open parleying with the Hull strikers. Mr C. H Wilson, M.P., threatens to transfer hia vessels to the Norwegian flag should the men continue the dispute. London, May 7. The dockers at Hull atoned the proprietor of a newspaper which is adverse to them. The Bristol sttikora have resumed work. At a mass meeting of trades unionists in Hyde Park, resolutions were paßsed demanding the legalisation of the eight hours system. London, May 8. The attempt to set fire to the Oil Com* pany'a tanks at Hnll was defeated, and also an attempt to wreck three trains conveying free labourers, The Times states that a deliberate attempt was made to destroy the town of Hull by fire. The Trades Union procession to Hyde Park was smaller than that of 1592. Resolutions denouncing the Home Rule Bill as an impediment to labour legislation were carried. At tha Hyde Park meeting Mr Ban

Tillett advocated great annual Eight Hoars gatherings. In doing so, he said Australia had shown the world that the fewest hoara brought tho most food and the best houseß and education. Brussels, May 8. An International Miners' Congress will meet here on the 22ad instant, to discuss the propriety of the legislative enactment of tho Eight Hours principle. Sydney, May 6. An almost general notice has been issued to the Western colliers that it is intended to make a redaction in wages. Sydney, May 9, The miuers at the Moun!; Kemble Colliery have received 14 days' notice that their services are to be dispensed with. This is rogarded as a preliminary step to a reduction of hewing rates. (SPEOTAL.) Washington, May 3, Twenty thousand miners in Ohio havestruck work. Paris May 5. The Chamber of Deputies is discussing a Bill which provides for the imposition of a tax on foreign workmen.