LABOUR

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13707, 23 September 1908, Page 5

LABOUR

TROUBLES AT HARTLEPOOL. THREAT BY^SHtPBuiibERS. ■. \ '■ Jh*sa Associatioa-By LONDON, Sept. 21. FumestO Withy and Co. threaten to close, their-shipbuilding branch at Hartlepool owing to losses due to constant labour troubles. Before, a definite decision is? taken, Sir Christopher Furness proposes to Mibmit to a confeivnce of representatives of Trades Unions connected wKh shipbuilding to be convened on October 7th, a scheme to terminate the ruinous sectional disputes. DEMONSTRATION BY SOCIALISTS. ENGINEERS' STRUGGLE ENDED. Received 9.15 p.m., -Sept.-.-22nd. Sept, 22. The Socialists are organising,a demonstration by 10,000 to 20,000 unemployed in Trafalgar Square on October 10th. The north-east coasc engineers at t-h© latest ballot accept the provisional terms of TKertiletrientfc aftter »i seven ; months' struggle, during which the loss of wages amounted to £500.000, and the. Strike pay distributed to £240,000. THE CRISIS IN LANCASHIRE. Received 10.20 p.m., Sept. 22nd. LONDON, Sept. 22. While the trade unionists of Lancashire would welcome the intervention of the Board of Trade in connection with the strike, nmrt of th<- big spinning concerns will I»o glad of the opportunity for closing Uu-ir mills for a time io order to reduce their stocks. The relation of the spinners to the cardroom amalgamation is Ktraiih-d - owing to -the readiness of the spinners t<» yHd. If the general federation of tr;id«< unions, which « already furnitUiing five-eighths of the card and blowing room*' strike pay, agree to help the spinners, tho prospects of u. protracted strike are alarming.