NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DREARY DEADLOCK

NZ Truth, Issue 443, 13 December 1913, Page 2

NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DREARY DEADLOCK

-COWARDLY CONDUCT Of COCKATOO CONSTABLES.

At time of writing, the great percentage of the Waterside Workers of Wellington are still exhibiting splendid solidarity anil loyalty to the strike. It is admitted by"the bfflcars of the old union tliat. a small number of the members have *eturn«|d to work'during the past fe\v clays.; These, it is de-< dared, are;, mostly^, men who were against tu;eVstriKe: from the jump, and have taken no active part m the struggle. The militant members are still as grimly determined! to; fight on so long as their ieade.ra consider there is a hope of victory left/ r • Sir Joseph Ward, sneaking m the House on Thursday might, said he thought, ithe '■'.; GoveTnrujnent < ought to make strenuous .efforts to have tho strike settled before tile session closed. Mr, Massey,- in reply, stated' that he and his Ministry could do nothing. He declared the position tyas back to normal. New Arbitration Unions had been formed and Jthe Government could not now interfere. From this ,\i will bjo seen that the Employers have still the Government at their back to support them In their attempt to strangle Federation of Labor. v '; As we go to press, we are Informed that a conference is being held m Wellington between delejsates of all organisations " concerned and the.Federation of Labor Executive. The chief business we understand is to draft a campaign for future action. "Truth" trusts they; will be wisely guided. '