POSITION IN LONDON.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1206, 15 August 1911, Page 5

POSITION IN LONDON.

STILL GREAT UNREST. HUGE COST OF THE STRIKE. London, August 13. At a rough estimate, the week's strike has cost London a million and a hall. A general resumption of work is expected on Monday, although there are a number of misunderstandings in regard to precise terms of the agreements. The factories are reopening. The railway carters declare that the awards do not affect them. Tho carters of five of the principal railway companies have struck. Great unrest prevails in other avocations, and numerous small strikos have occurred. A thousand window cleaners havo struck.

MR. TILLET'S BOAST, BRITISH PUBLIC AND ITS STOMACH. (Rec. August 14, 10.40 p.m.) London, August 14. Mr. Ben Tillet, secretary of the Dockers' pnion, states that over ninety per cent, of the men would return to-day. Ho boasted that he had-got at the British public through its stomach. The Transport Workers' Federation advises members only to work with men holding the federation ticket. The employers state that , they will not refuse to employ non-federationists. CONFERENCE STILL SITTING. (Rec. August 15, 0.15 a.m.) Brisbane, August 14. The Sugar Conference resumed its Sittings this afternoon, and adjourned till ten o'clock without having anything definite to report. NON-UNION SUGAR REMOVED. (Rec. August 15, 1.10 a.m.) Melbourne, August 14. A grocer who bought a ton of tho Aramac's sugar went to remove it from tho ship's hold, but was intimidated by tho strike pickets, and returned to the Miliquin Sugar Company's offices. Mr. Johnson, the manager, then accompanied him to the wharf, and personally loaded the sugar. SCENE OF THE RIOTING. The Lime Street Railway Station, the scene of the riotiDg iu Liverpool, lies in the heart of tho city, and is the depot for the London and North-Western Railway Company's main service to London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, etc. ?

In front of the station, in a large open space, stands St. Gforge's Hall, the finest architectural feature of Liverpool,' and behind it are public gardens. The Islington lioad district lies about a quarter of a mile north-east of the Lime Street Station.