"LARKINISMS."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1913, 22 November 1913, Page 5

"LARKINISMS."

» "FLOWERS" OF SPEECH AT THE ALBERT HALL. ENGLISH TRADE UNIONS SPECIAL CONGRESS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright t London, November 20. Tho joint board' of three National Laboiir Committees endorses tho Parliamentary Committee's action in fixing the special congress for Dcccmbcr 9. Tho board explains l that the apparent delay is due to a desiro to secure tho voice of the rank and filo in regard to tho Dublin situation. Larkin, tho Dublin strike leader, at the Albert Hall, said that Mr. BTrrell (Chief Secretary for Ireland) was "an idler, a loafer, and a trickster, and should bo shuffled out of tho pack." Tho Liberals wore "humbugs and ■unctuous hypocrites." When the meeting heard that tho trade union leaders had deferred tlie national conference until December D a storm of hissing and booing swept the hall. The proceedings wore suspended for five minutes until tho audience's rage had been spent. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. Larkin, speaking at the Albert Hall, called Sir Edward Carson "that cadaverous lawyer, who took ill at tho psychological moment." Ho described the Irish Press as "the most vicious, intolerant; and stupid any country had over been cursed with. SYMPATHETIC STRIKE DECLINED. London, November 20. Tho Transporters' Union's men employed at the corporation fruit and vegetable markets, Dublin, refused to engage in a sympathetic strike. They declared they had no grievance. Their lowest. wages are from 245. to 265. a week. PROTEST STRIKE. TROUBLE IN ST. PETERSBURG, St. Petersburg, November 20. Eighty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-nine, factory workers and printers in St. Petersburg struck as; a protest against the trial of thirteen persons charged with illegally ceasing work, but the majority subsequently resumed work.