STRIKE DISORDERS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 7

STRIKE DISORDERS.

(To tho Editor.) Sii --Vmi.r attitvido througlioub this pi-nsent iiKlustrial tuvmoil has conune.iided itself to every unprejudieeid iniud. Tlio "war of words and strife of- toiipues" lias almost driven ,'t'ho community frantic, but your impartial and |«arlo9i sditerinl utknmosi have, goge

a long way to making tho issues .. at stake clear. After .having; witnessed s-l most similar upheavals in Melbourne and Sytlnoy it lias passed my comprehension why the lawlessness of tlio past few days was tolerated for tlvo minutes. In both thoso largo cities tho polico nipped in tho biul any attempt at- endangering life and limb; hero was witnessed tho most glaringly apatho! io attitude on tho part- of tho .custodians of law awl order. As a layman, I always uiulcistood that obacoiio language and other acts of violence in public places was punishab.l.o-by law; but jiulgs of my surprise when the most fil'tliy and lewd hitiguri«o was used by women iuicl men., within the hearing (if many of t-ho polico, aid 110 .action taken, ■ It is pleasing to know that soin.o salutary measures aro to bo adopted in. bringin!; homo to thp strike leaders r.nd agitators tho wholesome, truth, that their foolhardy, mischievous, arid inflammatory statements havo left, them open to .prosccutlun.,• All.their, pretended solicitude for tho preservation of pc-aco wa» part and parcel of their Usual propaganda of distorted facts, flimsy pretext, and i;nsta.blo agreements. In so far aa M-r, Trcgear and others, who, liko himsell, occupy -ftiiv public position, jri wbiclii tho votes of tho peoplo put ..them, myself and tho genenl public wilt see to' ■it at tho next election.—l am, etc,, akgi:s.