BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS.
BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT.
GLASGOW DOCKERS’ STRIKE
LONDON, May 19
Volunteer dockers are being employ ed in Glasgow in place of Unionists. They work behind gates, but are guarded by Marines and police. They are striving with might and main to keep the port of Glasgowopen. Passp'orts are demanded from people at the wharf gates. Few of the public are aware what is transpiring. Least of all do they kno.v of the defence measures. There is a guardship berthed at the docks. Machine-guns are mounted on the roof of the power station. There are Marines garrisoned in the sheds, while tanks are employed to defend vulnerable points.
The miners of the Glasgow region marched in procession to the docks, but forces of troops, with a Lewis gun, held possession of the threatened wharf gates. The demonstrators then peaceably departed. Meanwhile the volunteers are being drawn from all ranks. They have leplaced the dockers, and are working steadily, though naturally they are slower* than the trained men. Tney sleep and have their meals within the docks. Their women and girls are Being accommodated aboard the liners in port.
LATEST REPORTS.
LONDON, May 19
Regarding the coal strike, unofficial conversations continue, but tlieie is no tangible development. The “Ppll Mall Gazette” says:— “One suggested settlement that is being considered is along the lines that the. Government’s proposed grant of ten millions be substantially increased, and the State should recover the amount advanced by means of a tax on the output, or even by a tax leviable on increased output. The owners and miners consider this scheme contains elements of a permanent settlement. Strike pay is now dwindling. The Scotch miners now get ten shillings
weekly. The miners have been informed they will have to pay a double contribution when the strike ends, until the debt is wiped out. The Leicester miners are only receiving five shillings worth of trading vouchers, and the Derbyshire miners nothing, as their Union is unable to raise a loan.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1921, Page 3
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336BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS. Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1921, Page 3
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