STRIKES ENDING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1216, 26 August 1911, Page 5

STRIKES ENDING.

A LIVERPOOL SETTLEMENT, RIOTING IN SOUTH MIN ING DISTRICTS. LABOUR PRESS COMMENT. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, August 24. The tramway authorities at Liverpool have decided io reinstate the men when their services arc required. The Strike- Committee unanimously accepted tho decision in tho tramway dispute, and has declared tho strike settled. The Liverpool Shipowners' and Stevedores' Association strongly urged tho tramway authorities not to yield to tho Strike Committee's throats, considering that it would bo inimical to a lasting peace. Tho strikers organised a proccssica, which the authorities prohibited from marching through Scotland Road, Tho residents wero incensed. A mob of three thousand attacked tho tramcars, smashed tho windows, and assailed tho drivers and conductors. The military restored order. THE WORKERS SATISFIED. FEELING IN LIVERPOOL. CRec. August 25, 9.50 p.m.) . London, August 25. v Tho workers in all branches at Liverpool have evinced satisfaction at the termination of the disputes. Common-Sense Needed. Mr. Askwith, of tho Board of Trado Labour Department, on being interviewed, said he hoped the result of tho settlement would be tho cessation of strikes of every kind throughout the city, aad a strict observance of the terms agreed upon. Differences after such a crisis were possible, but common-sense on both aides should overcome them, and enable all to forget the bittepness of the struggle. All the work done in calming tho riots aad smoothing the -angry feelings of the people had been the work of the Home Office Commissioners.

Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P. for the Scotland Division of Liverpool, on being interviewed, declared that ho was convinced that thero would be no further disturbances. He trusted that tho settlement would bTing peace for many years to tho commercial and industrial community. At tho Docks. Mr. Charles Booth, chairman of the Shipowners' Committee, dcc.nres that tho settlement of the tramways difficulty does not imply an immediate • resumption of work at the docks. Tho shipowners, before cargo work is resumed, insist on guarantees from the dockers that- they will fulfil the agreement. Earlier in the day the Shipowners' Committee urged tho tramway authorities not to,yield to tho monstrous threat of a general strike, warning them that peace at such a price. would encourage a repetition of'the same methods at the earliest convenient opportunity. Tho letter added that thero would bo no lasting peace until the methods of tho Strike Commitfeo and tho National Transport Workers' Federation wero discredited, as hostile to the interests of sound trado unionism and a menaco to the prosperity of the country.

RAILWAY COMPANIES' LOSSES. LABOUR STALAYARTS DISMAYED (Bee. August 25, 9 p.m.) London, August 25. The railway companies' revenue last woek decreased by naif a uiiliioa sterling. It is estimated that with the increased cost of working, the restricted services, and the damage to property, the companies' loss will ba fuly AbuO.UOO. An urticle published in the "Labour Leader" censures the work of the Joint Committee, and doscribes the settlement as an abortive termination. The strike, it says, was a victory for trade unionism, but it was a victory filling the Labour stalwarts with chagrin and dismay. Mr. Hnmsay Macdomild, chairman of the Labour party, in an articlo in the same journal, declares that Mr. Asquith, with no adequate explanation of the proposal, plunged for a Koyal Commission. The offer was right down upon the railwaymen's representatives, and was more like a declaration of war than an incident in negotiations for peace. • The Railway Servants' Socioty estimated that the striko pay will amount to .CTO.OOO. The windows broken in tho Lincoln riots will cost the city .£2OOO to replace. During the burning of a motor factory at Lincoln the mob. jeered tho brigade, and stoned a fireinln who was wading in the river to obtain water. A wall fell, killing a constable and fatally injuring a bystander. A scheme is in progress to amalgamate the trade unions. Mr. Ben Tillet states that, if effected, it will have an initial membership of a quarter of 'a I million. It is intended to pool the funds and standardise the benefits.

SOUTH WALES RIOTS. MOB SHOWS MUCH DARING. (Eec. August 25, 10.40 p.m.) London, August 25. Mr. Barnett, a jeweller at Bargoed, in | South Wales, whose shop was partially plundered during tho riots, appeared at his door with a. revolver in his hand, and threatened to fire on anyone continuing the depredations. The attackers thereupon withdrew. The rioters showed much daring in operating within twenty yards of the police station. They decamped up tho side-streets only when caught between two fires by the police, making a. wide detour. Police Stoned. Tho fresh rioting last night was intended to avenge tho previous baton charges. Tho fact that the town was in semidarkness owing to the shops closing for tho half-holiday proved to tho advantage of tho rough element, who stoned the polico reinforcements. Fixed Bayonets. The. Glamorgan Constabulary and a detachment of tho Worcestershire Regiment arrived by train. Tho polico first made charges, and then the Worcester Regiment, with fixed bayonets, drovo th o mob helter-skelter along tho streets. Several persons were injured, but the fugitives in the side-streets re-gathered, and followed, jeering tho troops. The soldiers turned, and charged repeatedly. The mob retreated in the direction of i Gilfocb, and smashed many windows in.

Jewish nml other residences before order was restored. COAL DISPUTE UNSETTLED, (liec. August 2G, 0.5 a.m.) London, Aivßiist 25. Tho master coal lightermen's dispute is unsettled, and a thousand eoal barges on the Thames nro idle. \ DOCKEHS SUPPORTED IN BKEMEN. Berlin, August 24. Tho Bremen dockers refuse to unload British vessels which havo been loaded by English strike-breakers.