MELBOURNE TRAM STRIKE.
DISPUTE OVER. GRIPMAN. (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Aj&ui MELBOURNE, May fi.- v, , Three thousand cable tramway'/eni*' plovees are idle. The trouble threatens to extend to the whole of the tran*wav services both cable and electric. - ' AN UGLY INCIDENT. > MELBOURNE MOB’S LAWLESSNESS. FIRST TRAM STOP FOR 36 YFIAB& (Received May 6, 11 a.m.) ’ MELBOURNE;, May 6. \‘r •• An iugly situation occurred ‘ in connection with the tramway strike when two constables passing a crowd which congregated outside the Socialist Hall ' were subjected to hooting and abase. . The constables, after being threatened i by the crowd turned and made off, with a large section of the mob in pursuit. They had gone about a hundred' yards . when one of them turned' and! fired a revolver at the crowd. The cartridge was a blank one. but it had the effect of stopping the pursuit-. : ; The incident appeared to put;., the crowd in an angry mood. Several street fights followed. Shortly after a detachment of police arrived and' dispersed the gathering. Following the disturbance two arrests „ were made Many of the crowd threatened' the police who were making arrests, ‘ butt after some trouble the angry section was quelled. . All troopers are' ordered! to be ready for immediate action. Police leave has been cancelled No trams; were run yesterday, except on some of the electric circuits, but tnO full effect will not be felt till Monday, as yesterday was a holiday. The Railway Department ran many extra trains to cope with the traffic. The Victorian branch of the Austral Kan Railway Union meets to-night. , when it is expected the tramway; strike and railway employees’ attitude will be discussed. An official of the Tramway Board' -r; stated' that until the cable trams; ceased yesterday they, had Been running continuously, except on Sunday, morning, for 36 years. -f ’ A meeting of the Tramway, Uniipn ■ passed a resolution placing the matter in the hands of the Trades Hall - Disputes Committee, also favorings a fight to a finish.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19240506.2.56
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16423, 6 May 1924, Page 5
Word Count
331MELBOURNE TRAM STRIKE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16423, 6 May 1924, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in