TURBULENCE AT SHEFFIELD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 5

TURBULENCE AT SHEFFIELD.

MOB ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY RAILWAY. VOLUNTEERS TO RETURN ARMS. London, August 18. Turbulent conditions prevail at Sheffield; The mob attempted to tear up tho railway lino in front of an engine conveying police. The attempt was frustrated. A crowd lassoocd the driver of a beer lorry and brutally assaulted him. They then burst th(S barrels and indulged in an orgy. The polico cleared tho street with baton charges. Tho mob succccded in blockading the coal depots,' and causing the stoppage of several works, throwing thousands of men idle. The local territorials at Newcastle have been ordered to return their rifles to tho armoury. A meeting of railway men of the principal lines at Dublin decided to strike to-day. Several collieries in the vicinity of Manchester, employing thirty thousand men, have closed. Pickets at the suburban stations, failing to induce the signalmen to leave their posts, cut the signal and telegraph wires. Mr. Tom Mann, replying to the shipowners, said ho hoped the filial negotiations for a settlement would be resumed in a few days. DOCKERS' CONDITIONS. AGREEMENT ARRANGED. (Rec. August 20, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 19. At a conferenco between representatives of tho shipowners, tho National Transport Workers' Federation, and the Board of Trade, Mr. John Burns, President of tho Local Government Board, presiding, an agreement was arranged providing tlmt men ongaged in discharging overseas vessels must be engaged outside the dock promises. TROUBLE BREWING IN BERLIN. TRAFFIC STRIKE MOVEMENT. (Rec. August 20, 5.5 p.m.) Berlin, August IS. Tho "Taeglische Rundsehan" reports that tho Social Democrats aro endeavouring to promoto a traffic strike in Berlin. , WAGES BOARDS NEEDED. VISITING PREMIER'S VIEW. London, August 18. Mr. Murray, Premier of Victoria, interviewed in Loudon, said tho sooner Britain adopted tho Australian Wages Board system the better. It would do much in the direction of obviating calamitous disputes, and place masters and mon on a more favourable footing. The overs?a. visitors would I>3 grieved, added Mr. Murray, if, when starting for the South, they left the Motherland in tho throes of an internal upheaval of trade and commerce.