STRIKING THE STRIKERS.

NZ Truth, Issue 250, 9 April 1910, Page 6

STRIKING THE STRIKERS.

\ Wharf Workers and the Wanaka. Though the cases arising out of thej .recent strike of wharf workers,, 49 ofr - 'whom are *° -"b* prosecuted for having: unlawfully ceased work w,nen discharging the steamer Wanaka on February 2B last, '/were not on the Wellington court list , last Friday, Mr C. E. Aldridge, of the-, •Labor Department, appeared, and asked for an adjournment of the cases. Mr Aldridge intimated that the Labor Department were not yet ready to. prosecute and it had been unable to serve allvfche defendants, who were of no fixed.*; .place of abode, and, further, he sought the., 'permission of Mr Raselden to serve the> summonses at the office of the Wharf Laborers' Union. The ' Department had, however, served a summons on "Comrade". John Dowdall,, who was present to answer the charge, ■ and he was m real lighting trim. He did not, he ssdd, object to any ad- . journment, but he desired that when the cases did come on for hearing, they be fixed for some day other tnan vFriday. Most of the defendants were casual workers, he set forth, and Friday ) : was a busy day at the wharves, anil ! should the cases be heard on Friday, it, would deprive a large number of men of ythe means of their livelihood. In granting the adjournment till April 18, and giving leave to serve the summonses at the office of the Wharf Laborers' Union, the Magistrate said that Dowdall's request was a reasonable one. > As to the otber defendants, "Comrade" Dowdall, said that as far as their places of residence were concerned, no difficulty had been experienced m serving him. "Perhaps they know you," said Mr HaseMen.. "Comrade" Dowdall admitted the possibility. ___________ When Patten, the wheat and cotton I Icing, entered the Manchester Royal Ex- ■ change last week he met with such a i ! hostile reception that the police had to ! protect him. He started for America tbe ' following day, where cornering a market 1. and starving thousands of people is a virtue. Such men ;-l.'Ou!d |.c tfers-ecubvl till lhc---r;..v,r-y. l,: ; -.v;- r.;i, .!.':;!., ■:,;,\::s.