THE BROKEN HILLS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3157, 17 September 1892, Page 2

THE BROKEN HILLS.

(lIV KI.KCTUIC TKI.KCHAI-H fl)l-YIllt;llT.) AIKI.IIOUHXK, September Ij. Tin: Carju-nti-rs , Society of Broken Hill lms asked the .Mine Owners' Association whether lli.-y would receive, delegates from tbo uiiiii'i-Kif Messrs Sheath and Ferguson, leaders of the strike, were excluded. The owners replied that they would have met the men before Align it -'.Jfh. if they had alandoncd picketing and other coercive measures, but they f.'iileil tu see the utility of a conference now. Baxter, ronfractor, has. it is understood, engaged ;ll ' the IlK ' n n< - ! Wiints in N'i'W South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Nyii.NKY,September l.j. SirG. K. IHbb.s n.'fnsed the request of the Labour defence Conimiftee for the appointment of a Commission to inquire into the merits of the Broken Hill dispute. Therremi-r stales that tho misapprehension willi (he Government of South Australia has been satisfactorily explained, and that, the latter have now oflered all assistance in their power. 1 Later. The Labour Defence Committee, numbering eiirht, including Sheath and Fe.rjriissun. the leaders, were arrested at Broken Hill to-day amid pi eat excitement. The nature of the charge has not been allowed to bo nirtde public The Magistrate! has also instructed the police "to remove the pickets from 111'; mines. The pickets number between eight hundred and a thousand men. A man has been arrested for writing to the newspapers, suggesting that the men should undergo a course, of military drill. In thi! Legislative Assembly the motion introduced by llr lieid, leader of the Opposition, traversing tin; conduct of the Government, is proceeding. The arrests made at Broken Hill have given lively interest to what would otherwise have been an uninteresting discussion. The .notion of the Labour party is watched with great ..Iteniiun, inasmuch as rumours are.current that they will record a solid vote against the Government. September IG. The Labour Conference Committee, are charged with unlawful conspiracy. With the exception of Sheath and Fergusson, the members were arrested while deliberating. A quantity of books and papers were also seized. Upcn the news becoming known the miners immediately held a meeting and elected a new committee. The magistrale refused to grant bail. Loxdox, Sej tember 15. A syndicate is being formed in London to purchase a large interest in the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine.