INCITING TO MURDER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1874, 7 October 1913, Page 7

INCITING TO MURDER.

DUBLIN STRIKE INQUIRY. CHARGE AGAINST LARKIN'S - PAPER. ] STRIKE LEADERS' EVIDENCE. < By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright < London, October 5. i At the Board of Trado inqiiiry re- 1 garding the Dublin, industrial dispute, ' Mr. Murphy, chairman of tho Tramways Company, accuscd Larkin's paper, "The Irish worker," of inciting to murder. Ho said thfit there had been more strikes since Larkin's advent on the scene than in the whole iudustnial history of the city. Mr. Larkin gave evidence. He heatedly described the conditions of life in 'Dublin, including that of 21,0UU families in * one-roomed tenements. Christ, ho said, was not going to bo crucified in Dublin by the masters any longer. If the men wero forced back after a long, weary struggle, the time would: come. when they would break their-bonds and give blow for blow. The Dublin Trades Council claimed reinstatement of tho workers as a preliminary to any settlement of the dispute. A deadlock is threatened. Mr. Tim Hcaly, K.C., on behalf of tlio employers', intimated that the masters refused to di'siniss workers engaged during the strike. Mr. Gosling, on behalf of the men, declared that this was victimisation, and that tho fight mtist continue. Sir George Askwith, Industrial Commissioner, will, however, continno the inquiry on Monday next. A "DISHED-UP" PROGRAMME. (Rec. October 7, 0.53 a.m.) London, October 6. Mr. Philip Snowdon, M.P. (Socialist), In a, speech, attacked tho policy or strikes. Paltry and pettifogging as tho social legislation of tho last few years had been from tho standpoint of Socialism, it was equal, if not in advance, of public opinion. The depression of the Labour party, he continued, was due to a programme dished up by Lloyd-Georgian principle, which meant feeding a dog with its own tail. It was deceiving tho public, but disillusion must come. POSTAL EMPLOYEES' DEMANDS. London, October 5. The Postal and Telegraphic National Committee, representing eighty thousand members, has decided to send a deputation to Mr. Asquifch (Prime Minister) and Mr. Herbert Samuel (PostmastoT-General) to protest against the Parliamentary Select Committeo s report. , Tho postal employees demand fifteen pgr cent, increases to meet the increased cost of living, and will inaugurate .a national campaign in support of their demands. LABOUR IN THE RAND. Johannesburg, Ootober 5. The Trades Federation at a special meeting convened to discuss the matter rejeoted' a resolution to tho effect that the Government had frumjiedup the recent labour prosecutions in order to cripple organised labour. • A striko waß suggested as a protest. • Tho meeting agroed not to insist on their representatives attending a conferenco of tho Miners' Association and mi no-owners, thereby removing tho final obstacle to a oonferenco. SEVEN YEARS' GAOL FOR INCITING TO DESTROY GOODS. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. New York, October 5. s ßoyd 1 , a member of. the Industrial Workers of the World,_ has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment at New. Jersey for a specch advising tho silk mills strikers to destroy goods.