THE STRIKE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 16 September 1890, Page 2

THE STRIKE.

Lvte on Thursday nftevnoon a Uni oust Henry Jerrard went on boa-el the Austrahi and grossly abused Robert A lav a young mau working on bo>rd. Allan warned him not to repeat the epithet, but be nevertheless did so, and followed it up by s Tilling Allan, who at once retaliated, Jerrard was stind-ng about two fe ij t away from the afer hatch, ::ncl when he \va< struck he stumbled backward over the combiner and f<^l to the bott in of the hod, which is aboiit 17 feet deep, turning a c anp'ete somersault before he reached the bott-un. Dr Henry wa< summoned and had the injured man sent to the hospital. It 's'feaved that he is seriously injured As the five labourers left the whai f on fie same afternoon there was in im nienso crowd outride tlie barrier. Tlie police, under Inspoetor 111 'ineon and Ramsay, toge'ber with the 'a'ly e'erks. who are special sonstablfs, formed iiro two lines, and the free labourers mirched through without fear of molestation. They were followed by considprably over 1000 people, who hooted and yelled as loudly as they were able. The police had remai'ied behind at the barrier under tlr 1 nnpr^ion tha f the free lab ur p\" would not be farther moles' ed, but when Inspector Thomson sawthat the crowd wore bent nn annoyinor the men he ordered the. cmstall s to sro ahead and protect them Tho non-Uuionists m-ide their way in a b>dy up Cnstomhonse-quay under the pvoi.ect.ion of the police but no attempt was made to touch them until they readied tho Ban ■■< of New Ze.ilaud corner, wh re a sni or named Nicholas igari* rushed at Edward Ha-tnetl, a f cc labourer. a n d tripped him up, a feat for wh eh be was loudly applauded Constable- Grey and 0* 'ourke saw fh a assault, and prompt'v appreh^ndfld Callisraris. whereupon severa 1 men in the crowd made an attemnt to rescue hi-n. M tinted constable Ho 'pev, how ver, rode on to th* footpath, and was ins rumental in keeping buck tlie cro«'d, who had now bftcoaie very excited. Ha r t nett after being jostled by a number of p.°op c and struck b a man named NTelson. who was afterwards arr-sted, wns eventua^y placed in a cab, b't the driver was unable to move off until th«* mounted constables had cleared the wiy- As Calltea'-is was bein? marched down to the (l entr;i] S'atWi he wis fo'lowed by about a thousand pa -n'e, many nf whom ar>poTi'od exceedingly excit d. As th° police appr \t hel th* station a number of men w^nt ahead and closed round the doorway, but wpve sooi cleared away, and the prisoner w»s saf ly placed in tbe lock un. Someone in Hie crowd following ftp police to the station strnc 1 - C 'iistabl • Cooper i» the back with a stino, and it is averred that stones were seen in the hands of several othe aien. One. man went info Chew's lane, a"d finding that lie was fol'owed by an indignant sailor he took to bis beds, and soon put a con sidTabl" distance between hinveH and bis ppur.stu -t Seyeral m A n wee chafed into Onba-strpet,, and on tnolc -efuge in Messrs Miller, B«o h ft Co.'s store, wher* 1 be remaine 1 until two members of the Vvma"en^ Arti lory came up. XJ'ider their n'-o f pction he wont to a hot-1 in Cuba street, followed by a g -eit crowd, many of whom vowed yen sen n "« upom him. Tim rioters were brought before the Magistrate's Court on FrHa'morning and on tbe application of their onniisell were remanded. One huidred and thirty tbre° snpoial cnns'nb'es were sworn in an'l in the afternoon <»Rpovt n d thp free labourers to their home«. There are now 40 p->lir,p, 133 snedal cons'nb'^R, and 18 permanent Militia in Wellington. The discussion on the action o r the Railway Commissioners ended : n no action beini' taken, thus v'c fu 'Mv supporting the dAnid^d stertalcen by them in the discharge of | the agitators.