THE RAILWAY STRIKE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14044, 29 April 1920, Page 4

THE RAILWAY STRIKE.

(Per Press, Association.) WELLINGTON. Apnl £9. Mr Massev is e\pe.rt+d to mgilt. It is unhkeh llul an>Lhmg debmte will occur .till he tomes. . Mi M. Can, Chiurnirtii of the Clumber oi" Com mono, intei\iewed tm v E f.C A and suggested that the dispute be inferred to „ committee 01 business men selected i. v > T ' H> R«"W.ij Department and the me J. and the strike he called off meanwhile. Ihe proposal was dismissed Mt some length,, hut it was derided that the men must meet Mi Alasicj betore- anything w<i= done Then oiKytion-, \n superanr-na-tion, victimisation md other stith matters have to In settled bill the Exocutue would oV pleased if Mi Carrwould see the Piemiei .aid aduse him to hung about .1 speech settlement The P?A V.xecnme h.is appealed to the men, depiei itmg the strike nnd uiging them to dec late it oft until the Pnnoes tout i-. hnislud. othetvise the\ will alienate the s\mp.itlr\ Hint would he felt JOl them In ieph' lo Mi MiAilcVs Nlitemcnt that the Depntment had ionised leaicto delegates ot the E.F 0 V lo visit Wellington. Mi M.udonalcl, Assistant General Maniger s,n s the tenue«t was fot ten dnveis and iirenign to attend an urgent meeting,- but no statement was given ot the naluie ot the hu>! Assoc lation was that so mam men could not lie leloased without nnuh iiuomemome. l)iiL the Dopaitment would give lo.no attei ihe departute of the Pi two Mi M.udonald adds th.it all the enginemen weie■alteadv wotking o-vorlmte, and lo leleasc ten moie- would bite tin own .\n additional burden on the remamdei A statement has been issued hv the Executive Council ot the Engineers', En omen's, and Cleaners' Association as iollows —"The Executive Council desires to state that it 3 edicts that it has heen compelled lo inconvenience Ihe pubhe of New- Zealand Irs a ntuke which has heen the culmination ot ton_ years' endcator to hung the dispute to "a settlement. b\ every peaceable means placed it our disposal b\ the Governments ot Now Zealand The E\ecuti\e aiso desnes to state most emphatiealh tlial it the Pinup hiitl l.indcd al the South Wand at this juncture, when the meu weie losing all patience arid becoming out of hand, we could have gu.uantced a sale jomnev tlnough the South Island, and a settlement hxed beioie he eame heie The e\c eplionallv deploiable conditions ot the wotk imposed upon the Xoith Jsltnd men, such ai> long hotits, engines,'in disrepair etc, have nude them loice the Executive to give waj. This coupled with the keen disappointment ot die mon it tin Mi ingc l lepoil ihe non-giantnic c) r lone siiid ignoiing ot the Executive i list icrpiest, hi ought about a scnke which it had bee.i hoped to ateit ft is hoped ih'l the Piiuce mil vet be _n.en i ~Ro\ il v el ome b\ peed\ si , ijemenl and ihe Exec ui no Council v ill pan titrate m the dimonsti ilioi in Wellington The membeis oi this oigainsition aie almost entirely oi New Zc\land buth, and hsrve icnned with him in the fight toi iie'doiv md the demociac\ ot the whole win Id in the gicilest oi w us as Neu Zealaude's Theieioie we oiiei . heut\ wehiriio ti aiij visitoi who .s looked upon is one of otnsehes r Jo tin people ot Noa Zealand we make this tl'a' we aie soim thai a mote snei d\ sittlement has not hec n (nought, iboui which would haii gi'tn tnem in opportunity of seeing the Prime We ti ust that the lioitbk tn \ \et lie hxed ap for the welcome in Wellington Ihe Executue Council would pietei in m\ case that the childicn should | H . <i o . pnvod oi nn\ ple.ibiiic i ithei th oi sic one little bod\ mangled in a li.in wreck winch wu nuo to come about sooner or later bv . ■'. tin* heartless manner in which the officials hate been gmng considoialien to the future manning of locomotives in New Zealand. Our members have been resigning, men with considerable experience, in shoal*;,- a pel those left have been working long hours and irregular, and wearing out their mental ami bodily systems. The engines would sooner or later hare been manned by inexperienced ; men upon whom the officials would put the full responsibility for the safe rimiiifig of the engines " WELLINGTON, April 29: , A fully representative .meeting of the Transport.; Workers Advisory Board -■•was'held to-day, anckthe following motion %as carried: —"That this-' meeting endorses the action of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants in their decision- to. join issue with the E.P.C.A. in their demand for economic justice. and, further, we- assure: the rnilwaymen of both societies and others .implicated or involved that they will have the ut-. most support of the affiliated transport workers' organisation—namely, the • waterside workers, seamen, drivers, and tranwaymen of New Zealand, and that the support of the. above associations is at the disposal of the railwaymen should thev require* it." AUCKLAND, April 29. At a packed meeting-of the Amalga- : mated So'ciety 'of-Engineers Mr Baxter,, ■the- -secretary,-stated■that'it had been decided to down tools immediately in .the event -of any • member of the . A.S.E. being used to the detriment ,of the Engineers', Firemen's, and Clean- . ers' Association. '-■■«''

AUCKLAND, April 29. The- Auckland station wears a deserted, .appearance with- the coming out of the "second division men. No attempt is made even to get up steam on the engines. The only train that arrived, was one "bringing the Renown's ■2OO 'sailors"from Kotoriia, The Traffic Department hopes -to .-arrange to 'run at least two trains to-moiTow ; though no eii'crt will be made to-mgi'it, theirhaving been no workers' trains earning in this morning.

DUNEDIN, April 29, : A mass meeting of the Hillside Workshops men discussed the strike and resolved: "We reaffirm our previous u."iia>U'hhoii.s resolution attesting our support to the Executive Council iiL any "extreme measure' tliey mav deem it necessary to take, and now that the time for. action has arrived, Tva patiehtly~~4)waic instructions from the. Executive." It was further .decided to offer financial support to the men on strike in the North Island..

The General Secretary of the Railway Officers' Institute lias received a telegram from- Mr Massey from ..-Napier stating that, he would' deal with.; the questions-referred to in the secretary's telegrams on liis arrival in Wellington . A telegram was also received/from Mr Mc\nily; , stating, that.-" no instructions .wore; issued compelling ; the perform*ance;of by mo'ruber.sv'of the. Institute. • >.

The opinion iu> railway circles in Dunedin is that the reinforcement of the 'A.S.IKS, will make matters slide fast, and i that an < extension',to . the South fslaud is pretty certain, some say immediately, unless an understanding wjtlr the Premier i» reached. NAPIEP., April 29. The local branch of the A.S.R.S. came out this momma. A muss meeting of members at S o'eh ck unanimously decided to support the Executive's decision. Pickets were s-elccted from the more staid section of the men. and rhe station yftrds and workshops arc being watched. The pickets' instructions are to use nothing but persuasion in stopping any ivould-he strikebreakers. By Telegraph. (Special to Oamaru Mail.) WELLINGTON, April 20. , Mr Masse\. who is motoring to Wellington from Napier, has telegraphed requesting the officers of the Loco Association' and Amalgamated Society to meet him, together or separately, immediately on his arrival. They have agreed to this course. . Indications received by the Amalgamated Society are that the btrike instructions will bg fully obeyed in the South Island. The position, according to the Loco Association, is still in hand. The Tran&TY>r Concha and Colds, never fails, Woods' Great Peppermint. Cure,. Is 9d, 2s 9d.

oCflj rohdeving tion. ■• " > % "''t*? sJll - The* 'Amitlghriatea VSodOT . fcinuited toHhfe tiwa. *As(*S| iifc wilL consult for a sfttlemexit. i|i Tl«? conference with th« ]o likely to s»tart iaW to-hight <| "The Baihvn>\ Department' J greatr-r difficulties to-clav ,j n *J inp? the suburban each lino, some First Diving having declined tt> rnidertira breaking duty. -They hnreW sural of the support ol .tin? jjj ciation. j . ■• J% Mr Dennohy, President o{ hS tvay Officers' Institute, nnd Jc a member of the "Executive, " s ji thej hate uu "insurance fl si'-tant General Manager (1 f *' that the* first "division officm 2 be asked to fill the stukorV,! voluntarily. This assurance Jj Tor owing to »v number of jb: clming oniorgeney duty. ™