THE TURMOIL OF LABOR.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3459, 26 February 1912, Page 5

THE TURMOIL OF LABOR.

BRITISH COLLIERY' TROUBLE.

LATEST NEWS AND NOTES. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT] LONDON. Feb. 24. Lord Dudley’s agent has advised him to permanently close the Saltwell colliery in the event of- a. strike. Most- of the manufacturers of pottery, employing fifty thousand hands, and leading ironmasters in South Staffordshire, and cotton-spinners employing ten thousand persons, have notified that there will be a stoppage in the event of a strike. The National Federation of Colliery Enginemen have decided to cease work in the event of a strike, .except for keeping down water in the collieries. The Premier conferred with leading coal mine owners, and .afterwards saw King George, wlio was desirous of being kept informed regarding the strike. The Transport Workers’ Federation, at a conference at Manchester, resolved to give any. assistance the miners required, including the refusal to handle home and foreign coal. The Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, after a vigorous discussion of the abuse of peaceful picketing, resolved that the Government must deprive trade unions qf the right conferred under the Trades Disputes Act of inflicting damage with impunity. Sir Walter Runcima n (President of the Board of Agriculture) said that although he was a Radical, he strongly supported the repeal of the Act. THE GOVERNMENT TAKES A HAND. [UNITED- PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT] (Received February 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 24. The Premier has submitted to the coal owners and miners important proposals requesting an answer bv Tuesday.

8000 MINERS IN IDLENESS. THE OWNERS’ ATTITUDE. (Received 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 24. Eight thousand workers are idle in Cheshire and Flintshire, through the inability of the colliery owners to renew the contractsGERMAN MINERS’ DEMANDS. BERLIN, Feb. 23. The miners of Ruhr demand a 15 per cent, increase, the introduction' of an eight hours’ day, exclusive of going to and coming from the mines, and seven hours where the temperature is high. A reply is requested by the sth of March. THE BRISBANE STRIKE. COAL FROM JAPAN. BRISBANE, Feb. 24 The Government has completed t egotintions for the supply of a large .j u,< ntity of coal from Japan. SUPPORT FROM SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Feb. 24. The secretary of the Labor Council has forwarded an additional £3OO to the Brisbane strikers. THE LATEST REPORTS. 1 (Received Feb. 26, 12.45 a.m.) BRISBANE, Feb. 25Mr. Coyne (president of the Federation of Labor), addressing the strikers, said funds were coming from all parts of the Commonwealth. He urged them to fight on- The Employers’ Federation reports that large numbers are applying for work. They propose_to open a free labor bureau on Tuesday. A PEACE CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE, Feb. 23. The Trades Hall Council passed a resolution that an International. Peace Conference of delegates, Australian and New Zealand, be held in Melbourne. WATERSIDERS AGAIN. ANOTHER DEADLOCK. ' SYDNEY, Feb. 23.. A conference of cjoastal steamship owners and the Wharf Laborers’ Union arrived at an agreement as to* wages and conditions of work, but a. deadlock occurred over the employment of r *rmanent -\vharf hands by the NewcastleHunter River Company. The union demands their discharge. The company refuses and the union declines to work on the company’s wharf. FRENCH MINERS’ DEMANDS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOi lATION COPYRIGHT] (Received February 25, 5.5 p m.) PARIS, Feb. 24. The Miners’ Congress at Angers has declared a twenty-four hours’ strike on March lltb to influence Parliament to grant their demands. There will possible he a general strike Later if the demands are not conceded. VINEDRESSERS’ DEMANDS. (Received February 25, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS. Feb. 24. Twenty thousand vinedressers at Aye have struck for an increase in wages, and demand six francs and three bottles of wine daily in March and April, and three and a-half francs and two bottles of wine daily in winter. FIREMEN ON STRIKE. A SERIOUS POSITION. (Received Feb. 26, 12.25 a.m.) ADELAIDE, Feb. 25. All the firemen in the city and suburbs have struck and have demanded the Fire Brigades Board to allow thorn to 'form an Association to be affiliated to the Trades and Labor Council. The Board is willing to allow the mo, to form an Association, but is opposed to affiliation. The men, without replying to the Board’s ultimatum, left tne stations, which are now manned by volunteers. The officers remained loyal.