RUSH BACK TO WORK
SOUTH AFRICA STRIKE CRUMBLING. ' DASTARDLY OUTRAGE. ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE A HE. By Telesroph—PrfSj ; Johannesburg; -; January# 1,8; An attempt was night to destroy tho' cnginoji,ho'.iseyr,on; the Vogelsiruis ,'Estato min^.£® i; ;,;j::;Ji \zi: The cage, contriining t-ko. /r.kipnian, was being lowered,' when a : 'packag(33W.as, : : thrown through the; wihdmv;; of., tliecngino house. : A smell of bunjing-'fusc driver's attention,-.and''be stoppedvihp/j engine, saving tbo.'skipman's men rushed to tho >i.._door,:;. and», bavelyjj reached it before an explosion, occurredyjj; The jjerpetrator,escaped without.leav-,i. ing a trace, REPORTED 011R UJL OX MUN j LINE UMOLM)rD ! Pretoria, lei nrv 1 Q I The Kimberluy report'of :'an : attenipt:;| to wreck the main line/apparently' ai'-os'etj through a man being''seen'-running'oft'ij on the approach of the patrc!. Tho line was not damaged. "STRIKE HERALD" SUPPRESSED: CONTENTS 100 DVNGUROUS : Pretoria, Yesterday a leaflet- entitled "Strike' Herald" was circulated freely. '" iT-hd. contents wero of such a nature that.,tho; police surrounded the printing 5 .'offices, 5 ; arrested and placed"in. gaol tiro?men,"' and took possession-, of a second number■of tho issue almost ready for printing.". It is officially intimated that it..,is, not the policy of tho Government to ar-. rest strikers as strikers.. Tho wholesale' arrests at Beiloni were effected with.de-, liberate intention by tlio. G6veroinciit : , ,; i; ,: LABOUR COUNCILLOR ARRESTED.; AIL QUIET AT JOHANNESBURG Johannesburg, January IS,, ? Mr. Williams, a .Labour member,;;;pf, tho Rand Municipality,, has,■■ been rested. ■ -. i.iVV ■■■■ The'town and • reefs The police are unarmed, but' armed_sentries remain at tho ' railway-, stations,, bridges, and other vital 'points.^: Meetings of tho ;• Tailors', fPaiiiters ! f and other Labour Unions wore allowed in tho Trades Hall on a guarantee being' given to the martial law authorities; •>.. RAILWAYMEN RETURNING. Johannesburg, January 1?. Tlio'running staff of the railwaysilia's.i decided to resume work.* A number of'; engine-drivers and firemen immediately.; signed on, and will restartwith, ~ the':; guards on Monday morning."; Tho' ,em-.! ployces in the workshops are undecidcd, but it is cxpccted that they will.soon/ follow the example of tho running staff.\ Mr. Hoy (General Manager of , Rail-} ways) states that more men are , nowoil'ering tliaji required. Tho resumption-, of tho normal service early this week, however, provides for a largo number, ■' 1 for whom just now the Administration 1 - |is unable to find placcs.' , . THE INEVITABLE PROTEST. •,RUSSIANJSINe,J.UniISH INSTITUTIONS London, January 18. • . .The National C-ouneil-... of ; the Slridependent Labour Party has requested Keir Hardio to fonvard .. a. protesi j, to'* Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Secretary>of State' for the Colonies) from tho South/Afri-; can Labour Party, denouncing J'-.the I '. Union Government's despotism 'and connivanco with tiio Governor-General (Lord Gladstone) and Colonial OfTico in: arresting, tho leaders, and suppressing the Constitution by proclaiming martial law. Tho council expressed tlio, hope that tho workers would resist tho R-us-. siauising of British institutions. THE RUSH~TO WORK. (Rec. January 90, 1 85 a m ) Pretoria, January * 19-; - Tho wliole of the running staff aigned lon this morning. , Some■ had■ already! ! resumed.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7
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477RUSH BACK TO WORK Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7
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