LABOR TROUBLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1919, Page 2

LABOR TROUBLES.

SETTLEMENT LESS HOPEFUL. MOT ACT READ AT GLASGOW. London, Jan. 30. The prospects of an early settlement of the strikes are less hopeful. The men's meeting decided against negotiation.

Additional workmen have joined the movement in Belfast, where the mob looted several shops and smashed many windows

Several thousand additional Clyde Workers are out, Twenty thousand marched to Glasgow tramway power station and demanded that the men there btrikc, but there was 110 response. There is a disorganised tramway service Men pulled the trolleys off the wires

The Minister of Labor declined to be interviewed by .a Clyde deputation. He declares that the hours' question can only be settled by a national joint committee of workers'and employers The Minister appeals to strikers to resume pending a satisfactory settlement The London strike deadlock continues.

The Riot Act was read at Glasgow, and two strike leaders named William Gallagher and David Kirkwood were arrested.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. London, Jan. 31

Thirty people have been sent to hospital as a result of the Glasgow riots. Bottles and other missies were thrown. The Sheriff and Chief Constable were struck. There were many baton charges by the police.—-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.

THE GLASGOW DISPUTE. London, Jan 30. The Press Bureau states that the Lord Provost of Glasgow telegraphed the Government stating that a deputation appointed by a large meeting requested him to urge the Government to intervene with the employers to secure a 40-houv week without a reduction of wages. The deputation stated that constitutional methods had been pursued hitherto, but failing the Government's consideration of the present request any other method would be adopted that would be likely to advance their cause.

Mr Bonor Law stated that the di» pute was dealt with by the employers and duly elected trades union representatives The Government therefore was unable to intervene, as such action would only undermine the authority of the men's chosen representatives and destroy co-operation between employers and employed whereon the hope of industrial peace depends. The representatives of the railwaymen's union have signed an agreement establishing the principle of an eighthour day.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.