THE WAIHI STRIKE.

Wanganui Herald, Issue 12856, 18 May 1912, Page 5

THE WAIHI STRIKE.

MERCHANTS WANT CASH IN ADVANCE. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND. May 17. Ijw Auckland Wholesale Merchants’ Association has passed a resolution urging strongly on traders in the district affected by the strike the wisdom of insisting on receiving cash before delivery during the progress of the strike. The association also resolved tliat owing to tho conditions existing at W’aihi, Waikino, and the surrounding districts, no i rdciYi for those places will be supplied by members of this association unless accompanied by cash for tho full amount. BIG DEMONSTRATION. ORDERLY CROWDS. . WAIHI, May 17. Ine W aiin Hand and members of tlio f.re brigade (in fancy costume) are atu’lidiiig the strikers’ sports meeting the gathering numbering over one thousand. Mr Scott Bennett (Socialist lecturer) is expected here this afternoon to address a crowd. At 11.30 a monster procession formal m the mam street and marched to the recreation ground. The crowd was pci feetjy orderly, and for the most .part appeared not to realise the gravity of ho situation It rather had the ap- )< aiance of a hig holiday making crowd under prosperous conditions. Air Donaldson, on behalf of the Hosr V 0!m ’ Proceed to Wellington toight to ask the Government for assistsus** inslit " , “” *«• A groat number of children remaint aith their parents tho strikers’ sports meeting. The few attending tho schools were given a half-holiday THE POSITION AT HUN LIT. , AUCKLAND, May 17. inc Herald s ’ Huntly correspondent telegraphs as follows.—The executive of t.ie W aikato Miners’ Union met to-night, presumably to consider the communication from tho directors of the lauren mines asking for an explanation of a portion of the latter sent to them on Thursday bv the union. No communication was made to the press Jut it is understood that matters are practically in abeyance pending the result of a meeting of directors to-mor-row. A rumour current in town that work vas to stop as from to-morrow morning. has been emphatically denied. threatened trouble. Tb •• u n ,A, IOKLA>;D . May 17. ine Herald s corresnondent at Paeroa telegraphed to-day as follows There was a little trouble in Paeroa this morning over the carting of coal to the Extraction Company’s works. An employee of Doan Bros, was loading coat at the railway station, when he was 801110 of th « officials of tho Wnihi Miners’ Union that there would l>o tumble it the coal was carted As it was some of the coal that had been sent to Wailu for tho Waihi G.M. Comand .railed back to Paeroa for tlio Extraction Company. Mr J Doan was communicated with', and ho decidod -o go on with the carting, and so far tho trouble has not eventuated h^'T n i 3 ° 40 no n-«nionists have been looking for work at the Extraction Company’s works during the past three or four days, but without mIoWELLINGTON, May 17, the Minister of Labour, Hon G Laurenron, informed a “New Zealand Dines reporter to-night that telegraphic communications were passing between him and tho officers of the proposal Engine-Drivers’ Union at Wai'vas the time being unvabio to make anything public in respect to tho questions dealt with. THE LOSsTn WAGES. TOTAL OF £5294 WEEKLY. SIXTEEN HUNDRED MEN IDLE. With a view to arriving at an approximate estimate of the number of mom thrown out of work as a result of the strike, and the wages involved, figures wore obtained from tho mining companies and the Borough Council. lu the case of the mining companies tho salaried staffs, and some lew workenj. including foremen of various departments, continue on the pay sheets, and are employed on clerical and other necessary works in and about the mines and batteries, and are, of course, not included in tho estimate. Aimers, engineers, engine drivers and surface workers now out of employment total 1.547, and their weekly earnings run into some £.5094. To these must lie addl’d the 70 workers from the Uaihi Borough Council, who wore corapellcd to cease work last night, oiving to the National Bank having declined to give the Council further Their weekly wages total about £2OO. Therefore, the workers directly affected number some 1(517, and their «ages amount to about £.5294 weekly, an average ol close on £3 Gs per head. Either directly or indirectly upwards o! five thousand of the other inhabitants of \\ aihi and Waikino are dependent upon the earnings of these workers for their livelihood, and as the, final vages payments will be mad© by tlio inning companies during the next few days, there will afterwards be no channel through which tho men can find the wherewithal to support themselves and their wives and families, apart from any contributions mad© by ousid© unions. 'The appended f able give the approximate number of employees of the companies and Council who' are affected, iogether aith the weekly payments made:— No. of Weekly . emoiovecs. nav w l! m n M -, C ? 4090 £3^25 \Vai.h| Grand June. Co, ... 430 1.388 uadii Extended Oo 15 45 Waihi Gladstone (!o 12 3(5 Waihi Borough Council ... 70 200 T ° ta il - 1 > 617 £5,294

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