EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 390, 26 August 1911, Page 5

EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE.

i LOSSES ON ROTH SIDES. ' Received August 25, 9 p.m. n.v T<-]< L-r.\pli. Pi-eve AKtiwi.-aioii.Copyright London, Yesterday. The railway companies' revenue last week decreased half a million. it is estimated that with the increased cost of working the restricted services and the damage to property, the loss is fully £S!!ih(H!(l. An article published in the "Labour Leadei" censures the Joint Committee for di.'-orihing the abortive termination o' the strike as a victory for trade unionism, and says it. is a victory tilling (lie labour stalwarts with chagrin aim d ismay. Jo; Ramsay lUacdonald, in an article in tin- same hmmal, declares Mr A sop; itb. with n<» adequate explanation of his- pieporsi. plunged for a Royal Commission. The offer was rig. tit. down upm- (.lie lailway men's representative-, -nj wan more like a declaration of war than -an incident in (he negot tat urn: for peace. Windows broken in the Lincoln riots cost i ha! oily .i'UOOO to replace. The Railway Servants' Society estimate (hat strike pay amounted to Mr l-anictl, jeweller at Bargoed, whose shop was partially plundered, s.pjuaued at the door and threatened with a revolver anyone continuing dcnndstion; . The attackers thereupon wi i hdrevv. The. rioters showed mm!) darinp, operating within twenty yards of the police station, a.mi da camped down side streets only when caught, between two tires by the police making a wide detour. There wa 1 - fresh rioting last night., intended s.i .avenge previous baton charges. The fact, (hat the town was in semi-barhm as, owing to shops closing, for (be ha if-holida,) , proved an advantage (n (he rough element, who : toned the ;>ei ; ce. Reinforcements of Olamnrjran cotsfaimlary and. s. d<-1..-.chmcn( ot the Worcestershire regiment arrived by ; i a in.

; 'Che pence !i;st ihii.ir liaton charges I and thi'ii she We.tvesters ii\ed bayonets S and dvovi tin- mob belter :■•'i ll.er aloi g the street:. Never.-d v< ere injured, hirmim: ,;.'m .•■■•do stieets tho niob follow ii';: and ,t < t it'.;; tl:o troops who ohsi i:< d •■, peal.edly. The mo!'. ret re;.-! in;- m the- direction of Oiifoch. nmssbrd m;-.'iy windows 111 the ,!\veis!, :m; .'the: ; ; -.- ~i, nees, before ordi-r vrs s '■ :'n>rcii. Owm;: to the aia nmniai ion of surplus : f neks id ,'Tntii:b rnineral oil companies h. \r ; ,T1 in the .Standard Oil Cuioj'.-my , 1.-.rre <;i;antitics oi reIjneil oil at I.': d r< i r.allon. Kiotinp; .'nnimues m the liargoed | district. 'i'wu .levvisili shops were completely win Tod at Scnghenyd and many .Iwoish families have fled from tho Monmouth valleys to Cardiff.