| Show LABOR TROUBLES IN AUSTRALIA ABOUT a week ago the central labor union of massachusetts received a report of the condition of labor at the antipodes from the australian labor federation this report was received io in reply to a communication forwarded last august from boston to queens land for accurate of the labor situation in that country numbers of mechanics and laborers of all kinds left the united states for the australian colonies during the fall of 1890 and the early part of 1891 the report was current that a scarcity of white labor prevailed out there on the other hand band it was stated that kiich such was not the case finally the central labor union authorized its secretary mr abrahams to communicate with tile the australian labor federation and aA ascertain ertain what were the real facts A reply was received on the 3rd ard dinst stating that the condition of white labor in queensland was anything but alluring it had to contend with chinese malays balays japanese Cin galese polynesians and hords of other aliens from the asiatic continent and from 1 the be equatorial regions the report I 1 says fur for nearly a generation the e s working population littion of queens 1 land has been engaged in a struggle f for its very existence against the 00 capit capitalists alister who prefer the profits of cheap labor to the well being of their own flesh and blood not only in the sugar growing ind industry batry but in the wool fruit and mining Indu industries industry es have employers invidiously and persistently attempted to replace the white workers colored labor the same efforts bave been made to oust white workers by the squatters and big sheep owners and another other classes of employers IP i the report then goes on to state how sir henry parks supplanted white labor in the printing trade with cin galese and how during a strike he be had all the white printers sent to jail for breech of the masters an I 1 i servants act it appears that the australians have on hand a labor problem more formidable even than our own all the vessels trading with china and japan are manned by colored crews organized white labor is making a bitter fight to have australian vessels arved served with Cau cassian summon seamen por for some time a hard h rd struggle has been going on in the queensland buah 1 or ranch regions the squat t ten 61 1 or planters favor colored labor because of its cheapness the bush hands bands opposed the introduction of colored labor A strike ensued and the military were called out oat many of the leaders of the bushmen were arrested and convicted of conspiracy under an old law the repeal of this thia law is now demanded and in new south wales it khoo DM been already repe repealed alecil but strong efforts aae are being made by capitalists to have something equivalent to it substituted Mull dullness ness in the labor market is the zule in australia at present but in queensland Is worse than in any of the other colonies for the past years the ranks of the unemployed have vies tidily te dily increased and yet the state till aids aide immigration this condition of things makes labor disaffected and lile it to thought that serious disturbances disturbance will soon occur loll 1011 |
