INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 40, 12 February 1912, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

TO EXHAUST BRISBANE’S COAL SUPPLY.

STRIKE COMMITTEE’S IDEA

Brisbane, February 11. From to-morrow practically a lull train service will be resumed. Lord Denham stated that the unions singled out Brisbane for the paralysis of trade. The Government is taking action to restore shipping with the hope that ail trades will soon bo revived. The Railway Commissioner lias announced that all bajuls who struck, except porters under eighteen, will bo dismissed the service. The strike committee is concentrating its efforts on exhausting the coal supplies. Strike matters are quiet.

The Railway Department lias a good supply of coal, and the Commissioner says it will bo augmented with enough wood to last several months. Ho is determined not to order coal from Newcastle, for fear of precipitating trouble there.

It is stated the Federal Seamen’s Union held a ballot on the question of returning to work. 'The result is not announced. Several waterside workers express dissatisfaction at hearing the brunt of the struggle. They came nut because they believed a general strike would take place, and do not relish being kept out while others are rerturning.

SHIPPING BEING RESUMED

Melbourne, February 11

Interstate shipping is resuming normal conditions, and is running to Queensland ports, exclusive of Brisbane.

The Trades Hall Council has decided net to entertain at present the Brisbane request to create a general strike throughout Australia. COLLAPSE OF STRIKE EXPECTED. (Received 12,.9.35 a.in.) Brisbane, .February 12. Appearances point to the probability of the strike collapsing. Mr Coyne, addressing a mass meeting, admitted that some strikers had broken away from unions. He earnestly' appealed to others to remain firm, promising victory within a week. The announcement was received without enthusiasm. Interest now centres in the compulsory conference in Melbourne. GLASGOW DOCKERS RESUME. London, February 10. Further riots are taking place in Glasgow. 1 ~ \ 1 ‘ Meanwhile, the sub-committees of both sides, under Sir G. R. Askwith’s presidency, have arranged a basis of settlement.

The Manchester men struck on the non-unionist question, and a mass meeting threatened a general strike of transport workers in sympathy.

A mass meeting of tho Glasgow dockers accepted the settlement. It ■differs little from that previously rejected, and the right to employ nonis unimpaired.

NEWSPAPER MACHINISTS

Sydney? ’’February 11

Tho “Sunday Times” machinists struck at midnight for better wages arc! conditions. Only a few copies of the paper were printed. INSURANCE AGAINST STRIKES. (Received 12, 8.5 a.m.) Berlin, February 11. it is announced that tho German Corn Trade Association has given notice that insurance policies tenderahlc under contract from March Ist must cover risks of> strikes, riots, and civil commotions, which Lloyds’ standard policy excludes. It is understood that the underwriters accept these risks, the minimum premiums being a shilling per cent. MAKING AGREEMENTS BINDING. (Received 12, 8.45 a.m.) London, February 11. Mr Thomas, at tho South Wales Conciliation Board, suggested that in future agreements each party ho pledged to pay a hundred thousand pounds in the event of the agreement being broken. The Miners’ leaders declare that the suggestion is impracticable. RIOTOUS) BELGIAN MINERS. (Received 12, 8.55 a.m.) < Brussels, February 11. A mob of coal minors at Mons attempted to liberate two strikers who were being arrested for looting. The gendarmes fired their rifles in tho air and the mob dispersed after Severn 1 soldiers bad been injured by stones. In another part of the town five hundred men pillaged a cart. A detachment of chasseurs charged the moh with tho bayonet. The enraged crowd attacked them, forcing the soldiers to fly. Tho troops subsequently rallied. Several rioters wore wounded.