The Blackball Dispute.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 9793, 19 March 1908, Page 2

The Blackball Dispute.

(Pi-.it Association.) I Duuediu. .M.u.l, I'.). | Mr A. U. Raic':<v. M.l'.. ad-lrc-eiiug hiv nstilutciits. "..nerallv approved of l In- C >- wrnmi'iit's policv and thought ill.' rcdi-.-tribmion of seats should only take pla.-. evcrv ten vears. Ho regretted the Hliickhall'strike', bm said tb;ii the inkers weie ■ ii.-uiuxl and tortured by the dismissal •■! Seven of tlieir lenders. Hi- was salislio.l lh.it tlit'Si.' scveni mm were marked, 'oceansof their exertions on la-hali of their follows and because of the position I hoy too!; up .11 endeavoring to assist lliem Hi better ihe.r condition. A v.ile of thanks iiiul e.nili. deuce was iiiianim.iuslv passed. Auckland. March 10. Tl„. Trades and Labor Coun.il has .1 •■• ferrod eoiteideralimi of tin- reipiosi tor liM.inuiiil a.ssi.-tanee from 11»-- BlackLill Honors poinding the iwi|>l of written eoiiesp.mdeiiee.

Interviewed bv a representative of to.Cluistchurcb l'iess. Mr J'rilehard. Iho minors' delegate, stated that all his arrangements 'were in the hands of Hi • Trades and Labor Council, and be ...old not, therefore, supplv auv details, lie was, he added, in Christchnr, h in doli.in.o of a telegram sent from Ibis ei[v to the Crevm.uuh Star, which stated that lewould moot with an unsympathetic reception I rot n the worker:; hero, lie was in dined to think that the statement in th, telegram was a deliberate falsehood. Asked as to the latest developments at Rlarkball. Mr l'rilchar.l stated that lb-' Hon. A. 1!. Cuiiiness. M.J\, had visited Blackball on Tuesday and had attempted to persuade the men 1" rot urn to work, hut tbev had remained absolutely invincible on' the demand for the half an hour "crib" time. The men were still determined not to go back to work. Asked regarding the funds that the I'nion had in' hand'to continue the light. Mr l'rjt-,-bard stated that information would be forthcoming in due course on the point, but he bad none to give at present. At a meeting of the Christchui.il Labor Lea.'iie last nioht il was decided to send a telegram to the Blackball Minors' I'ni.ni to the effect that the telegram received .11 r.lackhall stating that the workers of Chrislcluirch wore disgusted with the action of the miners in rontinning to hold out was absolutely- untrue. The League also assured the tinners of the sympathy of its members. After correspondence from the Trad, s and Labor Council had been read, the following resolution was carried at a meet, in" of the Canterburv Carpenters' and Joiners' Cnidli. held last evening : —"That thin Cuiou make no donation to the Blackball Miners' Union, as it considers the action of the I'nion in calling its members out on strike is against the host interests of the organised workers <if this Dominion, and is calculated to bring into disrepute one of the best labor laws that have ever been passed in litis or any other country."