INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2955, 2 November 1910, Page 29

INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

BOILERMAKERS' DISPUTE. LONDON, October 25. .'«. The Boilermakers' Executive is circularising members and emphasising the society serious financial position. It implores those members who heretofore abstained from voting to participate in ! the second ballot, on the ground that the • first was non-representative. October 27. i The Boilermakers' Committee recommends the acceptance of the proprietors' I terms, on the ground that they are the best the men are likely to get. I October 31. ! A committee representing the masters I and the executive of the Boilermakers' Society has agreed to verbal alterations, j removing some of the men's misinterpreta- ! tion of the agreement. A fresh ballot will be taken. MINERS' STRIKES. LONDON, October 27. The strikers at the Ely pit, acting j against Mr Abraham's advice, rejected the j Cambrian combine's terms. Three thousand Burnley miners have ; struck, declaring that the tonnage rate , of wages does not include timber striking. j October 31. Mr Stanton, the men's agent, wrote j to the manager of the Powell-Duff ryn Company, in South Wales, stating that ; if there was any blacklegging in connec- ■ tion with the dispute thei*e was going 'to be murder. The company thereupon j refused to have further negotiations with ' Mr Stanton, whom the men support. i Twelve thousand Cambrian miners, j whose notices are expiring, propose that j the Powell-Duffryn strikers should form i a trade union independent of the Miners' | Federation. Twenty-five thousand men ' are affected.'

! THE MARSEILLES STRIKE. MARSEILLES, October 25. The dockers' and carters' strike has ! caused great confusion at the railway ; station and on the quays. STRIKE IN LISBON. LISBON, October 25. I The carters have struck for ail increase of two-thirds in their wages and for a 10-hours day. October 28. The carters' strike has ended. STRIKES IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, October 27. The majority of the employees in the plastering trad© have struck, on account | of a master refusing a demand to increase i wages from Is 4d to Is 6d per hour. October 29. The plasterers' strike continues, a large number of men being affected. It is reported that 25 masters are paying the higher wages demanded. The boys who sweep the city streets have struck. They demand an increase of 6d a day. October 31. The street-sweepers' strike is settled. STRIKE IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, October 28. The postponed express waggon drivers' ; has been commenced at Man- ! hattan. Riots occurred, but they were 1 not serious. Strike-breakers have been ' summoned. j Trouble is expected at Savannah, in Georgia. October 29. ' The expressmen's strike at Long Island is spreading. Further rioting has ! occurred, and the strikers attacked the j etrike-breakers. j October 30. I The nine leading express companies in | New York are affected by the strike. The j Militia will probably be called out. A | special police reserve of 9000 men has : bc-en formed in case of emergency. The riots continue. Fifty persons were I injured in the fight with the police. I Armed detectives are protecting the I strike-breakers. I Five thousand men are idle, and a ! huge quantity of undelivered goods is ' perishing. SETTLING RAILWAY DISPUTES. PARIS, October 29. M. Millerand (Minister of Public Works) announces that France is copying | Britain's and Canada's methods of settling railway conflicts.