Labour Questions

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 483, 17 July 1912, Page 5

Labour Questions

London. July 15. Four hundred dockers, with federation tickets in their lints, and their wives and children, marched in procession yesterday to the East End to a workhouse.

The women dropped out, and the men demanded outdoor relief.

This was refused, and the three hundred entered the workhouse. Many refused porridge, and were supplied with other food. The movement is clean? defeated, and an attempt ia now being made to save the face of the leaders. Paris, July 15. Seamen strikers, accompanied by their wives, made a demonstration at Marseilles a gainst the rise in bread. The stoned the police, ten of whom, with 20 strikers, were injured, some seriously. Revolver shots were exchanged. In all 60 arrests were made. Newcastle, July 15.

The wheelers and shiftmen's executive resigned after an uproarious meeting of the union.

The Colliery Employees' Federation intimated that ihc position of the wheelerß would be recognised. The threatened trouble will now possibly be averted. Received 9.50 a.m., 16th. London, July 15.

Owing to the attack on tho Tilbury railway troops arc guarding tho line. Captain Tupper, of the .Sailors' and Fitemeiiß' Union asserts that the transport porkers aro incensed at non-unionists carrying firearms, and are now Belling the remnants of furniture to purchase weapons. Twelve thousand Liverpool dockerß have struck as a protest against the inauguration of the clearing houuo scheme t3 facilitate the collection of insurance contributions.

Mr Bury, manager of the Cadeby Mine, haß succumbed to his injuries. Many women and children were trampeld on in Hyde Park during a stampede following the baton charges and were treated in hastily improvised hospital camps. George Landsbury, M.P., was roughly handled.

Several rioters have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment up to two months.