The Labour Movement

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 105, 26 February 1891, Page 2

The Labour Movement

■ 0 • (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, February 23. The Unions m their manifesto accuse the Shipping Federation of an attempt to promote a crises. The members are ordered not to strike unless instructed to do so. The lightermen have resumed taking cargo both from free labourers and Unionists. The police force at the Docks has been largely increased. The Shipping Federation deny that they are making any conditions with the : Unions. They are sending a train full of free labourers to Cardiff. ; The Orient Company have secured an i abundant supply of free labour, except r stevedores and firemen. Some difficulty ? is -experienced in consequence of the i dearth of the latter in manning the > Austral. I The crises does not affect the P. and 0. Company. 3 February 24. ? The Trade Union Council for the Port I of London has declared a general strike r of all shipping and riyerside trades on Wednesday. The Labour Unions allege that the - Shipping Federation fearing a general j strike are not now insisting on lh 'employment of free labour, altho 1 gh. - upwards of a thousand non Unionists ar> i working at London docks on the Shipping Federation ticket. s It is the intention of Government to appoint a Commission to enquire into the t relations existing between employers and r employed, , Brisrane, February 25. I Government have three hundred men 3 under arms in the disturbed districts. , and the Unionist force is estimated at ) six hunored. ' Received, February 26, 11 a.m. » London, February 25. , The Standard says that the Strikes 5 Commission will consist of the Prince of . Wales, Sir John Gorst, Sir Reginald Wilby and Lord Randolph Churchill, j The last named wil probably act as chairman. The London Chamber of Commerce has invited the Shipping Federation and the \ various labour Unions to hold a friendly [ conference. , The Times is of opinion that a commis- , sion will be set up by the Government to , enquire as to what extent the strikers > have the right to interfere with the hours of labor, and also report as to the best method of averting strikes. «uu,.-j»n.tj»iiL.>ni in mi i hi am