THE CASE FOR THE MEN.
SYDNEY, April 29. (Received April 30, at 0.58 a.m.)
Mr Hollis, secretary of the Railway Hen's Federation of Australia, has been interviewed. He said that the Victorian Government was absolutely trying to .forco the railway men to strike. The men had a number of well-founded grievances. The Government, after breaking faith with them, was trying to crush them, and the men were justified in their , resistance. The final decision rested with the Victorian societies, but if they struck, they had the assurance of help from other States. There would be no lack of money, and no men would go to their work from other States. If it came to a striko it would bo the bitterest struggle ever known in Australia, and a calamity to the wholo Commonwealth. THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION. . MELBOURNE, April 29. (Received April 30, at 0.58 a.m.) The Minister of Railways to-day emphasised his determination to enforce obedience of Government orders. It would be a fine thing, he said, if they were to have the running of trains and building of locomotives interfered with by a body like the Trades Hall. Everything had been arranged to punish the men's disobedience. Tne only alternar tive to severing connection with the Trades Hall was the " sack."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12650, 30 April 1903, Page 7
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212THE CASE FOR THE MEN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 12650, 30 April 1903, Page 7
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