CHARACTERISED AS A FIASCO.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9931, 30 July 1908, Page 5

CHARACTERISED AS A FIASCO.

TRAM MEN TURN TRAITORS

A MAN HUNT

(Rccdeed To-rfat/ at 9.40 a.m.)

SYDNEY, This JJay

The tram strike was the greatest fiasco imaginable.. >AithQu£Jt a mast* meeting declared to continue the battle aud tho men loft tho building singing "Rule Britannia," they became individualists when they reached tho open air, aud besieged the tram depot to sigu on. Members of tho Tramway Executive tried to get away from the Trados Hall quietly, but were observed, and the crowd of 1500 gave a roar of iudiguatiou aud called upon Law ton to stop. He aud his companions broke iuto a run, the crowd pursuing, aud crying, "Lawfcou, the traitor ; he's the man who sold us." The four members rau like hares,aud the road metal flew like hail. This human coursing match was ended by the men taking shelter in an hotel alley. Quo of the Executive turned iv a doorway aud presented a revolver, aud threatened to shoot the first uiau who crossed the threshold.

Polbe reinforcements arrived aud quietened the mob, which contented itself with hooting the Parliamentary Labour Members aud cheering the Labour Council.