THE SEAMEN’S STRIKE.

Waipawa Mail, Volume IX, Issue 881, 16 January 1886, Page 2

THE SEAMEN’S STRIKE.

[Richter’s Telegrams.] [by electric telegraph—copyright.] Received January 14, 7.45 p.m. MELBOURNE, January 14. On receipt of the notice from the Seamen’s Union intimating their intention to go out on strike in 24 hours, the shipowners withdrew the letter they had written to Mr Murphy, secretary of the Trades Council, agreeing to the appointment of a board of conciliation under certain conditions. Twenty - two men brought to Victoria from New Zealand by the Wailiora are now working for the Union Steamship Company, while a similar number are employed by the Australian Steam Navigation Company. The ultitude of the remaining men is uncertain. Received January 15, j. 40 p.m. In pursuance of the notice given to the shipowners all the seamen employed on the intercolonial steamers have struck work, with the exception of the men belonging to the Union Steamship Company of New Kealatid and the Adelaide Steam* ship Company. The latter company yielded to the demands of the Union because they already pay the Union rates in Adelaide. Tne seamen aud firemen employed on the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company’s s.s. Pattern deserted just before the vessel was to leave for Launceston. The captain, however, proceeded on the voyage, relying on tlie mates and engineers and a number of volunteers from among the 6teerage passengers to work the ship. January 15. The members of the Cooks and ! Stewards’ Union decided to go out on strike to-day. A meeting of the Seamen’s Union was held last night, when the men declined to agree to the appointment of a B »ard of Conciliation, and pledged themselves to resume work only when the demands of the wharf-laborers were satisfied. The employers and the Union are acting in conjunction with the Trades* Council, which is endeavoring to intercede for the settlement of the difficulty. In consequence of the strike departures of coasting ste imers are being delayed. (Received January 15, 12.30 p.m.) The men brought over from New Zealand by the Waihora have been distributed among the various ship owners, there being only a few absentees when called upon. SYDNEY, r Friday. The cooks aad stewards here are iu accord with tlie strikers, and are giviug them considerable support. The Sydney shipowners are unanimous in their determination not to give way. Further developments of the dispute are anxiously awaited.