TRADE AND LABOUR.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6345, 13 October 1890, Page 3

TRADE AND LABOUR.

(Per StaoraioTßLEGßiPH— Copyright)

(Per Press Association.)

(Received 10.40 a.m., October 13th )

London, Get. 12,

Edwards, Secretary of the Labour Defence Committee in Australia, has cabled to Burns for a loan of £20,000 repayment to be guaranteed by the united Australian unions. He declares the success of the strike would then be assured. The labour leaders are confident that they can raise the money, and are taking immediate steps to obtain it. An “ Australian Saturday ” on the lines of hospital Saturday is suggested. London owners are engaging men for their ships irrespective of the unionists, and the latter in consequence are picketing the ships.

(Received 11. a.m., Oct. 13th.) Sydney, Oct. 13,

Miners at Mount Kembla have made several unsuccessful attempts to dislodge the free labourers but in each case the military frustrated their object.

(By Telegraph.)

GISBORNE, Oor. 13.

; Most of the wharf labourers and lighter' men who went on strike here resumed work.

WESTPORT, Oct. 13.

News comes from Denniston to the effect that the new men are proceeding with their work quietly. Mr Brown, the mine manager, is reported to be thoroughly satisfied with the quality of the work done. The bins will bo filled with coal and a quantity etowed along the road, and a chair fitted, and by that time, a fortnight from date, the lowering machinery on the incline will again bo in full work. Three shifte are employed at the work of constructing the new drum, and meantime the old drum has been temporarily repaired to enable material and provisions to bo sent up the bill.

DUNEDIN, Oct. 13. Members of the Federated Stewards and

Cooks Union of Australia are moving the Supreme court for an injunction to restrain the present trustees from uplifting £BSO, accumulated funds, and applying them as strike pay. It is alleged the men were illegally called out under the union’s rules.

But with the brilliant exception of Mr J. A. Millar, everybody else, it would appear, having anything to do with the strike is suffering under intimidation. The question was frequently put to men on strike a few days ago, “ Why have you come out P 1 ’ and the answer was almost invariably, “ Oh, because we did not want to be called blacklegs.” Each one was afraid of the other. They knew they had been fools, but they had not the courage to say so. Jack would have liked to have remained at hie work instead of uncomfortably loafing about the street, but he was afraid that Bill would go out and would call him a blackleg. Bill, in his turn, was intimidated by the fear that Jack would call him a blackleg. And so the thing went on. And then all these men who bad intimidated one another turned round and intimidated the free labour men or tried to do it. They sueceden at the coal mines for the most part, unhappily. A crowd of intimidated men joined together to prevent anybody doing the work they had refused to do. And so the_ circle went on extending. Members of Parliament were intimidated, and even Ministers were awed when the loaders came into their presence.—Exchange.