INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15301, 15 November 1911, Page 11

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

NEW YORK TEAMSTERS' STRIKE. PUBLIC HEALTH~ENDANGERED. Proes Associttim—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, November 13. Forty thousand cartloads of refuso remain imrcmoved, as a consoquenoe of tbo strike, and tho publio health ia endangered THE LITHGOW STRIKE. SYDNEY, November 14. Tho pipomakcrs at Messrs Hoekins's works are etill on strike, rcfueing to handle tho Lithgow Works' pig iron because it was made by non-unionists. Mr Hoskina states that ho rloce not intend to purchase imported iron, as plenty of the local article is available, but apparently the men prefer to handle Chinese iron. Tho application for the remission of the fines imposed on tho Lithgow rioters has been again postponed, pending the action of the Governor. "" THE BAKERS' DISPUTE. SYDNEY, November 14. The chairman of tho. Bakers' Wigcs Board is arranging to rehear tho matter in dispute. BRITISH .RAILWAY DISPUTE. SWANSEA MEN DEMAND A STRIKE. LONDON, November 14. (Received Nov. 14, at 9.45 p.m.) Tho Swamea railwaymcn have decliwvl to take a ballot on tho commission's report, and demand the joint cxccutivo of the Railwaymen's Society to declare an immediate national strike. i ' ;— . YvOOL SCOURERS' STRIKE SETTLED. SYDNEY, November 14. (Received Nov. 14, at 9.25 p.m.) All the . wool-scouring firms havo adopted an agreement, and tho men havo resumed work, excepting those employed by one firm. SYDNEY WHARF TROUBLE.' BOARD TO BE SET UP. SYDNEY, November 14. (Received Nov. 14, at 8 p.m.) In the Industrial Court to-day Judge Scholea gave his decision in the application for the constitution of a board to deal witli tiro wharf labourers'' trouble.

The Steamship-ownere' Association claimed exemption horn the operations of the board on the ground thai an agreemcnt existed between ,thom and the wharf labourers whereby tho parties wcr? bound. Judge Scholes Hid not grant tho owners' c : aim, ijrdfiin;,' tho conslituticn of a board. Ho raid That the deep-sea wharf labourers,, having an agreement, did not tomo within tho scope of tlin board and would net b? included. In regard to tha coastal and inter-Stato men, tho court was asked to stay its hand to allow of an agreement which was* being prepared to bo ratified, but it could not see its way to dolay matters. Industrial rarest of a most distressful kind, threatening the public welfare, existed, and tho parties involved must'be brought within the industrial law of the State. The constitution of the board did not prevent the parties from making the proposed agreement if they dcrired. '■ The judge recommended the appointment of two representatives from each side, the chairman to be afterwards chosen. Tho ship-owners have nominated their representatives, and thp men's icpresentatives will be ready on Thursday, NO WORK AFTER 5 P.M.

SYDNEY, November 14. (Received Nov. 15, at L 7 a.m.) The wharf 'abourers again ceased work at 5 p.m., but othchvifo a quiet position is unaltered. •