LABOUR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 3471, 27 July 1899, Page 1

LABOUR.

New York., July 24. Tlu**itffS|iafti{ railway employees at Brooklyn and New York collapsed, but has developed at Cleveland, in State of Ohio, where a street car was dynamited and 14 passengers injured, four of them seriously. The mob was beyond control and ball cartridge was issued to the local militia. Adelaide, July 23. The Inspector of Mines has reported unfavourably on the recent gold discovery at Port Augusta. There is little prospect of a payable field. Sydney, July 25. A conference of employers and minors, with a view to settling the Lithgow strike, was fruitless. Wellington, July 24. In giving evidence at the Arbitration Court, Mr Kennedy, local manager for the Union Company, said that they had gone into calculations and found that if tho men’s demands were acceded to it would cost the Company £17,000 per annum more for boats trading in New Zealand waters alone. June 26. The point as to whether the president of the Seamen’s Union, who is a solicitor, could appear for his side has been settled in his favor by the Arbitration Court, who decided that he was there by virtue of his position, not as counsel. The Arbitration Court announced to-day that a majority decided that the Court could not give a preference to the unionists in the Seamen’s dispute. Business had been carried on satisfactorily under the old award, and no attempt had been made by owners to discriminate against Unionists. The conduct of shipping business stood on a different footing from factories. Authority and discipline must be preserved, and individuals must sacrifice something for the public good. In such a matter the Court must be careful. If a strong case had been made out by the unionists for preference further consideration might have been given to their claims. As a matter of fact Wellington was not on friendly terms with other unions, and the question must be treated from a colonial point of view, and under the circumstances the Court would not be justified in granting the preference. The owners would, therefore, not be called on to answer this question. Tho decision is expected to considerably shorten the proceedings.