LABOR DISPUTES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2114, 21 October 1890, Page 2

LABOR DISPUTES.

London, Oct. 17. Owing to the indolence and insolence of the labor foremen at the Upper Docks, ihe Joint Committee have decided to abolish the position from November 4tb. Oct. 18.

The committee of (he Do ckf-rs’ Union regard the cablegram sent to England by Mr U, Champion as a hoax, and sent in the interest of the shipowners with a Tieff of checking donations. The Shipping Federation intend mak* ing a levy of Id per ton for the purposa of raising £25,000 to a g m-rai fund, Mr Burns announces that he baa remitted a total of £14,000 to of which amount the engineers have subscribed £2OOO.

It is proposed to issue bonds u raise the £20,000 asked for by the Australian strikers, Mr Burns was .sanguine of success prior to;the receipt of Mr Champion’s te'egram staling ih«t (be loan would be useless in averting the collapst of the strike.

The Standard, in referring to the labor difficulty in 'Australia,'rejoices that the labor tyranny has been detested. It considers that jhe failure wag deserved and hopes that it will be a warning to the new unionists. The Economist, in referring to the same matter, hopes that the lesson will be a lasting one to trade! councils generally.

' , . . Oct. ig, Ine London unions 1 are recriving messages confirming the collapse of "the strike.

Sydney, Oct. 17. Mr Qliampion has cabled Home to Borns that the strike has been grossly mismanaged, and that the Joan of £20,000 cannot prevent its total failure.

A strike is threatening in the butchering trade, as the masters iasisfc on Sonday work, and the men resist.

Oct. 18. A private meeting of marine officers was held yesterday, to consider their position. It is understood a resolution was proposed to withdraw their delegates from the Labor Defence Committee and that this was negatived, in consequence pt Vfhipb twenty giegibers resigpetj. Tfeo meeting arose out of the action of the Melbourne offteers.

Mblbournb, Oct. 18.

The Marine Officers have written tn the steamship owners taking Advantage f the of the latter to meet and discnfs tbe reason why they left (heir employment. The owners replied fixing Monday for the conference.

NEW ZEALAND. Auckland, Oct. 17. Another dispute in the bnotmaking trade is feared, owing to the demands of operatives for higher wages. The members of the Tailors’ Union have submitted to the masters a scale of pay which the latter consider to be out of the question. They have, however, resolved te confer with the employes. Dunedin, Oct. 17. So far as the leaders of the labor parly n Dunedin are aware, there is no founda- ‘ tiou for the statement that eable advice has been received from Australia that the strike l is about to end. The crew of the torque Hurnnui continue to refuse to discharge cargo. Some of them presented themselves at the Polios Station and asked to be removed to gaol. The warrants for their commitment are, however, still lying in the Police Conrt and will hot be executed till the Captain applies for them. In the Supreme Court, in Chambers, argument was heard in the motion for »n injunction restraining the Trustees and Executive of the Cooks and Stewards' Union from uplifting or in any way deal-, ing with £l5O in the only remaining fund belonging' to the Union. The case in-volvedithfc-tfueition et whether the strike had be<h'properly ordered. Af er hearing argument -at great length Mr Justice Williams* ,dismissed the motion for an injunction 'with costs. • ' Christchurch, Oct. 18.

Nice men, who were charged with making a'Jisturbaooe and burning in effigy a free laborer at Homebush, where the miners are locked out, were brought before the Resident Magistrate on Saturday ■ndibonnd over lo keep the peace for six months ih £lO each. ; -.’i Wbllinsiton, Oct. 20.

At a - meeting ef the Typographical was hffirmed that at present the unions are powerless to prevent working witfi ■ non-union ' men, and that, although'ar an association it agreed with the principle of men refusing to work with roffc-tonibnists, any definite sclion in the matter should be left till some more propitiousTiine. The Trades and Labor Council requested that a levy c£ 10 per eunf. be made on the members of the unojiatibo in-aid of the strike, but it was decided by a large majority not to ogres to the demand. The following motion waa then carried by a'small majority : “That af'fer Saturday, 25th inst,, no more usasiitance be given to the strike fund by this asi-ociatioD, and as soon after that date M possible a meeting be called to consider what steps the printers of Wellington could take lo alleviate the distress in Wellington caused by the irreeponsib'e and unwarrantable action of those who caused the present strike.” A proposition by the Trades and Labor Council, that it was desirable le form a National Trades and Labor and Maritime Council, waa ■clved for the present.