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Show The f nslrallan Mrlkra. McutoCRML Aug. 7. The gas stokers went out on a strike today. Their grievance If that they employ non.jnlon men. The Xew Zealand Steani-hlp Company i-eamen will ktrlkn tomorrow, stopping all seaboard sea-board traffic. A dispatch from Sydney rajs that great excitement prevails among tbe strikers al NewcasUe.and troora bave la-rn dispatched to that town In anticipation of trouble. The leading lead-ing engine foundry in Ballarat has been closed, owing to 8 lack of coal, arUln: from tho ttriko of coal miners. min-ers. Tbe aasociailoca ot ocal mln-rrs mln-rrs will close all coal ts In N"tw caiUe, tbe rasa harlD? broVsn their ismimeTi?'FfJi5Jina T |