THE OLYMPIC STRIKE.
PASSAGE ABANDONED. i SIGNALS TO A CRUISER. THE MEN DETERMINED. -'(Press Assn.—By Telegraph. Copyright ) (Received April 27, - 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. Officials of the Seamen's Union witnessed the trials of the Olympic's boats, and agreed that they were seawctt^yy • except one collapsible boat. s The White Star Company immediately offered to replace it. The company is now recruiting firemen m the provinces. . Fifty of the Olympic's sailors. 'have been arrested for deserting, and refusing to sail with non-union firemen!., v .-. The Olympic has abandoned", the voyage. • •'.-; The remnant of firemen hitherto loyal alio declined to sail. The deserters jumped into a tug which brought t*he non-union firemen, whereupon , the Olympic signalled to the cruiser Cochrane. Captain Goodenovgh proceeded m a pinnace, and remonstrated Svith the deserters m the tug, declaring that it was tantamount to mutiny. The deserters, however, were obdurate. Meanwhile a passenger steamer was sent to take off those m > the saloon . The White, Star, Company •> has appealed to the Postmaster-General to support, the efforts to secure- the punishment of the guilty, as unless firmness is shown they will be unable to restore discipline and maintain sailings. N
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 5
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194THE OLYMPIC STRIKE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 5
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