fl BIG STRIKE.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1918, Page 3

fl BIG STRIKE.

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j STRIKE EXTENDING. • | LONDON, September 25. | The railwaymen’s strike .continues to extend In the north of London the railways are now entirely closed. The other suburban London lines are badly hampered . There is a complete stoppage of traffic from Tilbury docks. TROOPS TAKE OVER RAILWAYS. LONDON, September 25. Tt is estimated that there are 120,000 miners 60,000 munition workers and -!0,000 -stool workers now idle in Wales alone. Troops are now taking charge olthe South Wales railways. The first four contingents, numbering six hundred men, have arrived at- Newport, whore they were cheered. Mr Thomas, addressing a, mass meeting of the strikers at Cardiff, said: “You have shattered all our prestige and all my influence. L will see this through, but then will cease to be your general secretary.” A mass meeting of railwaymen at Cardiff has unanimously decided to re- ; turn to work immediately. SHIPYARD STRIKE.

(AUSTRALIAN Sr. N.Z. OABr.E ASSOCIATION & REUTER.] (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 26A statement from a reliable source, regarding -the strike of Clyde shipwrights and other shipyard trades which lias spread to Barrow and the East Coast of Scotland points out that the action of the men, who demand’, a minimum wage of £5 weekly, was discounted by their executives. Moreover it is a repudiation of the undertaking by the Shipyards Trades Unions that there would be no stoppage of work, contained in the scheme to secure the utmost protection formed by them and their employers last April. As ship production is the most vital national necessity, government must act projuptly. The law provides three methods. Enlistment in the army of strikers of military age, the prosecution of the ring leaders under the Defence Act and the fining of strikers by a munitions Tribunal. Tile decision of the Government will probably be announced shortly.