REPUDIATED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1505, 30 July 1912, Page 5

REPUDIATED.

1 ,— ~ DOCK STRIKE MANIFESTO, MEN REFUSE TO RETURN TO WORK. NO SUPPORT FROM SEAMENBγ TelesraDli—Press Aesociation-Copyrieht CReo. July 29, 11.15 p.m.) London, July 29. A mass meeting of thousands of dockers unanimously rejected tlie Strike Committee's manifesto, and resolved not to resumo work without guarantees that the masters will maintain the recent agreements. It was announced that funds suffice to feed the strikers' dependants for three weeks. Mr. Gosling, president of tho Transport Workers' Federation, told a mass meetins tont the Strike Committee had been accused of agitating and keeping the strike alive, but it had now been made clear that the accusation was untruo. Many of tho strikers displayed anger throughout tho meeting, and threatened to overturn the platforms. Subsequently the committee's notices ordering the resumption of work wcro torn down. Tho Sailors' and Firemen's Union's firm action was tho decisivo factor in tho Strike Committee's decision to surrender. Tho visit to Hull of Mr.' Havelock Wilson, secretory of tho Seamen's Union, convinced him that the striko was foredoomed to failure, and he wrote to tho Striko Committee denouncing Mr. Tillett's "prayer" for the death of Lord Devonport, and declining to continue tho campaign. iHo saw some of tho employers and members of tho Government," and satisfied himself that the employers' assurances of just and generous' consideration of the men's grievances in consultation with the unions could be accepted. He, with Father Hopkins, secretary of the Firemen's Union, would support and induce tho sailors and firemen to inform the committee that tho strike must end. Tho various unions consulted to-day regarding the situation. Two thousand strike-breakers have been taken to Birkenhead to crush the sympathetic striko there. They are accommodated ' on board ship. THE "DOWN TOOLS" POLICY. ) DANGEROUS AND INEFFECTIVE. (Eec. July 29, 11.15 p.m.), / London, July 23. Mr. 'Arthur Henderson, labour M.P. for Durham, in a speech yesterday warned the workers against the danger of the "down tools" policy, which was proving ineffective, Wherever the workers properly used the oppnrtnnyt of meeting the employers they had done more than they had ever gained by a strike.