STRIKE THAT FAILED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12705, 7 March 1912, Page 5

STRIKE THAT FAILED.

MR COYNES EXPLANATION

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) BRISBANE, March 6. The Strike Committee has : declared .the -strike.; off. Ml'ijCoyne. (President of the Federation" of Lal&r), v>-heri' officially announcing vthe decision, said that all the trades 'A out, including the wharf laborers, and coal miners, would resume to-morrow. . The committee was enabled to take thiS">tep\ because it hacl 'received assurances; ironi j the Employers Federa' : ' tion -that there \ would be no vvictimisation, ; and - r also; an assurance ' from the southern transport unions that they would stand by the Brisbane unions for six months if necessary. The announcement was' made to a large gathering of unionists. Mr Coy ne • claimed that they had fought probably the: best industrial fight m the world's histpry. They had been opposed by brutal ferocity^, a lieing press, and every force of capital. It was not the Strike. Committee's* fault 'tliat the port of Brisbane was closed. 'The committee 'moved to alter that state jof affairs, the employers' declined to meet' them. The assurance from the Eritplbj/ers' Federation: covered' most .callings, except tramways and railways. The tramway and railway men who were , out would not suffer, as they would be provided for for some time to come. In order to ensure the safety of the workers,, the Strike Committee would not disband, because the transport workers along the coast would come out when instructed by the committee.

Mr Coyne asked the tramwaymen and railwaymen to reriiain solid. They need not apply for work at present, as it might take a job from another unionist, They had nothing to fear, as assistance was coming from all parts of the Commonwealth and New Zealand.

The strikers resume at 10 to-morrow, or as early as possible. The general belief is that the strike, is ended. The secretary of the Employers' Federation expressed gratification that , the strike wasT'off, and said he hoped business would soon resume normal conditions.

(Received March 7, 8.5 a.m.) BRISBANE, March 7. Mr Coyne declared that' the strikers never broke the law. ; The biggest of : fence, according to the police, was calling someone a "scab." Every Act of the Parliariientary statute was suspended m order to defeat them. : In the event' of the employers not keeping their promise, the strike ., committee would again close the port of Brisbane. There' were certain employers which the corrimittee would deal with m a few days'. Personally he would not ride m a tram again until he saw employees wearing their badges as emblems of unionism.

(Received March -7, 11.35 a.m.) BRISBANE, March 7. The waterside workers return to-day They handle only cargo vessels not.work ed by non-union labor.

SYDNEY, March 6.

The settlement of the Brisbane strike ends the wharf laborers' trouble, and all boats and all cargoes will be workted to-morrow.

The settlement of the strike at Brisbane ends the trouble m Sydney. A meeting of wharf laborers to-night decided to work all boats and all cargoes to-morrow. Large quantities of goods for Brisbane are awaiting shipment. MELBOURNE,. March, 7.

A \ meeting of employers sympathised with the Brisbane employers owing to the strike. A collection resulted m £1400 being obtained to assist m meeting expenditure as the result of the strike.