TRANSPORT STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 5

TRANSPORT STRIKE

CABINET DECISION. ®; i'L:2:i 'J'ilMMru. • ! DISPUTE MUST BE FOUGHT &(■ ■' WT-i' * , NO GOVERNMENT ACTION. p" Oopyrich> _ - . Uicc. J uil« 13; ji ,:jo 7 ; - ' ' London June in. -.'" ' '' :'j has'decided to tako no i ilc '' oa . in r connection- with tho Thames traiispoi-t strike,'.and' tho contest must bi) 'fought out by (lie parties. ' , ; .''.The. Strike Committee in a manifesto de-* j clarcs lliat it is prepared to end tho di V- ? honourable ..terms,. but tho emplovers have forced tho situation with ita ■K .umiameabW. hardships; • '-■■■ : Tho Shipping Federation declare that's '■ "I '.national strike.is remote. It is asserted- '-' tho Soul hampton strike is of a locaJ: ' character, and that Bristol is (he only port. whors a'national strike has k.kon g srj TteManchester. branch' of the Seamen •;; ancjFiremeii's vUniou ~ hns ' dccicied lo $f ■ .x-> ■ 7 POLICE PROTECTION, | ; " -CENSURE MOTION' DEFEATED. ■ 3 . (Rcc. Juno 1:1,11.50 p.m.) J ■■■'.' London, Juno 13, M ;fcTho question,of polico protection during .'tho iranspoi-t. striko was again under dis» v ■■ v ,c^loi V':.l ll ':^ ie Houso of Comiiioiis ycstei 4 - .. Mr. Aujton Chamberlain, on behalf ot ,lho Opposition, .moved a, resolution do-.. 5... .elaViiijf. that the attitude taken up by M'Kenna;- Home Secretary, with re- : ■ ■' to- tho. matter of tho protection of >wati unconstitutional. Mj. jjv Chainberkiu sa;d tho Oovermnent's cousi ant.'interferences were fomenting unrest, »| tliat dissatisfied work.v'ere entitled to strike, Vrnt the satis■j;?; : fictL worksnan had ail equal right, to" work. ..The 'Government was prepared to call out" '■j,; the,; troops:at'Belfast when the right of rjj; ifrwjS speech', was "assailed, and it was ! j? ctiuallyj; bound to. protcct tho right •to ' lliy M'Kcnna, lliime SecrStary, in reply--0 ing,; : said. that moro labour had been pro:g' lecled during the present etriko with- < oiit. the aid of soldiery than previously, iij He?' denied:? that men-;,, wishing to -work --had,been-prevented. There were now 5;; :SOpp. 'men. working at tho docks, and thero was no rooni for more while tho lighterfnien blocked tho way. With roferenco (o ;i i his refusal to send polico to Purflcct, v.'hea 'Si Houlder' Bros, were importing •J -strike-breakers, he had only required tho jlocal authorities to show that the need •!• ;ivas urgent,- because the Metropolitan yi. . police were barely able to cope with Lon- ■ :f; : don requirements. 'Hence he suggested ■S that'they should obtain police from Bir» :«? ..mingliam,' and this was done, - Mr. . f'f '.M'Kenua added that he still adhered to his assertion that tho action of Messrs, - 5. 1 Houlder in filling the steamer Lady Jcceu lyn with free labour was provocative. of [.■ disorder, for their protection would have [, ;necessitated tho withdrawal of policyfiom - r. other districts where they were: needed,V vtims sacrificing tho public interest to. that . % ipf - Messrs." Houlder Brothers andi'Co'niv:., 'pany.^ ; :'VV.-iS»-;'>' V' 5 Tho motion vms Mgatived, the voting. 3 ;.being•.—! !t; ••; l ; or : tho 1....'.'.'....,.......'., "GO. :" . Against the motion ... 'W' " Majority, against 177 ■■ *? 7 Tho iNatioualists and Labour^incmbcfJ; / voted '..with tho ■■ GovernmentJ.'/.":- Vt'ho« d ; ;o'Briehites .abstained from voting,Tand ; . a'f s seoro. offLiberals.wero;ab:-ent. . STRIKE FUNDS GONE. . IWniGN IN TflU PROMXCES. 1 - London, Juno 12. , j • An appeal by Mr. Gosling (President'% 3 of; tho.;: Transport\,WGrkers'v N and' Mr. Beu Tillett to;''.trade'''unionists . declares that.all spare funds of tho,traus.'port strikers have- been depleted. :.... M r.' Leggett, secretary of : the' London' r ; Carmen's..Union, was arrested for inter- . . t'oring f 'with . non-unionist di'ivers. -' iH'®.';.' • [ was.-fined;'4.os.,'. or - a ' month's' imprisonl .mcnt.; Ho choso" imprisonment. i L ''Tho British Seafarers'' Union has joiised ; | the': strike.■■ - * ; There are four." thousand -'strikers at !. Southampton, sis-, thousand at Swansea, -and eight thousand at Bristol.-' / ■ .? . • *' ' Uockworkers have ceased work at Man- ■ Chester," ; Ten arc silTected. ■ -j;: The'-Tee-side dockers-have decided not ■' to siriko. ; I of'the Leith dockers, seauicn, . and" iiremon 1 have' condemned tho na- ,' tional strike proposal. ■: t The "Daily' Chronicle'"', does not antici-. ':- pate a national strike. .. .. ;.\;At."(it"nieetiiig : of the West Ham Town.- ; Council, . tho; Mayor (Alderman ' Hurry)..::; . 'refused-;.''Aldennan'-.Wiil Thome,' Labour] ; 1 . ' JI.P. for West Il.im, k-avo- to move a ; resolution-,to j tho.c-li'ect that'ns- the employers • had' refused to agree, to a settle- ; ment .with .the. strikers,'; the council give instructions' that roads.under its juris- ■ diction . communicating:,..with tho . docks . be- pulled' ;ip.