LABOUR TROUBLES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1690, 5 March 1913, Page 7

LABOUR TROUBLES.

RAILWAYMEN'S REVOLT. COMPANIES PREPARED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Bee. March 5, 0.20 a.m.) . London, March 4. A meeting of tho London executives of. four railway unions, representing 170,000 men, discussed the' situation) A meeting of general managers took place to-day, and it is stated that tho companies are preparing for an emer- 1 gency. Newspapers declare that the -men seem to desire a strike. They explain that as three other lines cover the Midland system, and tho Midland has a pooling arrangement with tho London Northwestern. Company, the. executives favour a general strike. i DOCK LABOURERS' STRIKE. (Roc. March 4, 11.50 p.m.) ' London, March 4. A thousand labourers in tho London North-Western Docks, and at Garston, I Liverpool, struck, refusing to work with non-unionists. Three docks close. NEWSPAPER CRITICISM. London, March 3. Tho newspaper "Citizen" declares that the Midland Railway Company's defence is monstrous and immoral. "The directors," it says, "claim tho right to jeopardiso life as nnd when they choose, but tho blood of the railway men is up." 1 WHEAT HANDLERS' STRIKE. (Rec. March 4, 8. p.m.) Sydnoy,' March I. As a result of the wheat handlers' strike a number of vessels are held up, while others have surrendered their charters, and gone elsewhere to load.