THE DOCKERS' FIGHT

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1457, 4 June 1912, Page 5

THE DOCKERS' FIGHT

MEETING 0!; 3ti;6{)o fiKN. NO FURTHER APPEAL F&R GOOD BEiJAVi.t)UR> ' SPEECHES BV TUB LEADERS, \ By Telegraph-Press. i\sseci'p-tiriri—epp.vvi3-Vit. (l.'cc. J-iiiii; Si fit P-»W ; '-.Lpnc! o '."! " ,ul ° "•' Tlie transport strikes • u ° f '''- !; mooting at Towci* Ui\l sJiatffc W 1»ing present. Mr, JM* o< «>? iloi-es' Union, pre/T<f*h He «<i<l !*"'»- ers wore not goiiit; Iff iitesch SjcoW luivioiir any lens??, «* »at v takiMi as an indication at J.r.. ■ Kv.ark recalled that thts !H;me Secretary, Mr. Jl'Kenna, Kail said- Unit K° il: ."I ,1 - 1 . l>o brought to Ivbiition., but lie advifco! the men to go hungry, ■ , 111-. Gosling, president of tlia Transport ■ Workers' Federation; urged (lie. sfoikorS to be more enthusiastic- There ttas .plenty of work to b? iloh.e, in keepingblacklegs from the slpoks. Mr. Ben Tilleit;. secretary of the Dockers' Union, said tli.e eniiifeyorS of the: port: were robbing forty t'iioit-a.nd .P)eH of. a shilling a day. Tire strikers woire.sta.i'ting a mighty "West "'^ ic ' v ; ' volil<i ton '" tinuo until the \vt\iVHv. of thfe world r be- : | longed to the wcnHlivhiakevs. ; FREE FIGHT AT A D.OC.i^ POLICE INSFECTQII ST'A-mi-E : U. ■ tendon;, J-iji(o % 'A free fight tetfk piiibe'aj: rt B.&r.mo.iHii*y dock, in consequgnte of tlio heaii om'ftiiil. at the dock remonstrating' wtfli Sonic ■ strikers who had knocked A insensible. This aiigovet' the strikers, who ■ to the number Of 3QO engaged. sii a. mcleo. with (lie police, puriiig flia lighting, Inspector -Mann was stabbed in the «!|*. A dozen arrests w.M'e iiitide^ STRIKE PA* DEUfEPi DISCONTENT AJiOXG Tij-J? JSEiJ. (Rec. Juno , 3, 11.50. p.;ui:.)' L-qn'doq , , June' 3. The members of the .Ka.ticin.ai Sailors'" and Bremen's 'Unic.ii. h'aire received. -Is. in strike pay. The stpvciJbi-cS .are afigry at receiving nothi'ng. They declare that the leaders ftToiisVv rui'sled iii.em, TliWe. aro also 20,000 doclftrs \vlio inul not li.oen given strike pay. Mii. Beii Tiiloti,' promises them sonicriving : pii. Tvrc.=dny i>f Wednesday. THe. (ipcl'cqr.S , strike fund gregates ,i'3S,nOo',. find , tlio sriilbr.4" ;ni.d firemen's i;3n,03p'.,. •

Tiio London jjiiil.diliy Industries- ]foU. oration Ims decided! to withdraw till tts; members who are- employed- ii.t -docks .and. wharves in Lori.cfon , .. 'IVeu-Ty unions are affected and 'several thpiisnnct men \vill. be thrown idle,POSITION Af THE D'Q.CXS; MEN SECURED FO.U NEW'.MU-tANS: ' (Rec. Jniio. 3, i 1,50 p.m.) : lionflon,. June 3. A further rcsuniptjftn of w'prk bag tji'Keti--place, and there are .lifivv 3200 liieii i\:p:ifc ing at the docks* wlficli is 12X10 inbvff than on Friday. The IncorporSfeil Society of Meat Tin- ■ porters has sccii.red'-./iiOS -iiien to Ayort. -tiiq: steamers Otwaj;, WSiniiinay Ihtiiga-tira, and Turakina. 'T)i?.fs iijeii liicvc -teen «pn-. veyed by special irrtin to the Mqloi-'ia-. , Docks. The brokers at .€ov.piV!: Garden, 'niartet have coinmencccT driroijiiis ,fl liioiifaiid men for tho pii.i-posfi ¥ siiitoivdiivs I-i'wt: and vegetable?, arid ate Jiarfii j a ■shilfiiigan hour. The Strike Committee iii.inom'.cc? tlvat 'it' has received a Zi>a|anci cablegram sfcitin? that thj>: icadnVg -b'f a ineat ship, has been blocked,. ALLEGED BREAcri OF FAITH., NEGOTIATIONS* MJFJI THE GQYEfiS- ; (Kec. Jims j)f il.aO Lqndof'i June '3. The "Daily News" states that soimep weeks before th> -s&e We Ciovcrnment. had promised Jin. GpAiJPS Hi'iiii a 'f"U ; J^" , quiry would j>4 iiiaile into the: men's grievances on .fconii.iti'o.ii that str-i'fo notices were not. i'ssiied; "jf-lio- strikers: ac= cepted tho offer, biiS ne-r-efthelo;s- fKs iiotices were issueit The Southampton .dock-is tliwfitqn- -tp striko fur higher; Jvasesi. wiiicli: tiir ieihrp'.oyers have re.f.used; Mr. Torrey, clrairinaii of the Atlaiitiq Transport Company;, sli-ipovaieiis' refusal to meet; the-liie)! is. duß Iβ ffic- tact that the masters -tr.e -ifqfc ijre.jiafed to sit in tho same room yviHi i.bnve' o.f liip :men'.-j leaders. This -cti'sV. not; Jioireser, apply tt Mr. Gosling.

A YEA.TJ-W BKfiESf, ' The increasing extent ami fira.rity at i ; m dustrial unrest HyJiith. '-a? bee:n Sμ nviirkv ed a feature oftb.e pris'tfovelVe. iiipnchs in Britain is brouplit .cut by a import tp tiie Board of Trade by Sjr Gs'p'rgc A:SK : wiHr, the Chief liuhiS.trjM ■filolHiilfemijfe volume, published in: Lgiijloiv it ffiVJ- weeks ago, is the nniiiial re.rord; :i?f prcteeuings under the ConevllrtUMv fTracley Bisiyute?} Act, ISSG, and relates to. cases ccciirijis; dm-iiiK the year }§U, . : Tlie. disp.ufps -i';> volvud a stonijiiK't! of v/.ofli' Hi tl'.e a"gre«iilc iieiirty sfi">-,1!.a0 \vorkjK;'c!:p)ft. I The iiiH-l. serioiw (litses. fern !:iie -plifjit of fview of the miiiiber lif mvft liciulcied Kile, j were the follovvSuJj , :-—

As the above table nr.d the more detail,ed particulars in the report sM'"* ft l ? un -' rest was very, iiiar.kp.d & (lie fraiispoft trade'?, in wliicli iiidti'trv (hiring, ttje months- of .Tun?, July.',. ami. :\-ii£ust strike broke out in Jjipsf of fire itfiucifial potfs ol' Hie cmintryi tlii- ivtydi- oj : .so.i.!.i<>- ot: flip port-: lioins :i>.+ a cftiltfWMice , :ilmust to a sliuyKl'ilk 'i'hwv fl'.fclM'te in;. the transport tbiife irlttiie ali'teiwl aS,i)OU people. Disturbances afiivo i'.u imm.v rov.im, and tlio: employment. «f mi'li.faiy was fniinrl nivrWai* at ttil&nL [ji-i-f----pnul, and Duii'ty". ' ;'S. wfl n," »'■ i!V9li.y I ,<!n.-r S i u the ; e6jiiitrJ aujiws Mid riii{\uiV' itriko.

Date of." Isvprtljty: involved, m.e.u.t, -jiR-olveJ. Bull and -(S'ocilc ■....,.. Ifaiwiwrt' jvtii-kots Jniio 3S Si.sno i\rii/ii</n<>8'«;:; ,...=.„...„ T'faiYSLmrt «:t3rkei:s June Iβ- i:i.J0.(Kt Liverpool Transport workers Aug. 5 4S.000 I,,,iu]t>n Tuxi-c.ib drivers Oct. 31 9,907 Cil:is?ov.- Doi-k workers Jan. 29. VJV2 S>000 Lancashire Cotton operatives Dec. 21 100,000