English Strikes.

Manawatu Herald, 27 April 1893, Page 2

English Strikes.

Serious strike riots were reported from Hull, on Saturday night. The polidd repeatedly charged the mob with batons, and many persons were injured on both sides. Several arrests were made. Huge timber stacks in the dock yards Were fired on Sunday, but the police and the marines aild the blue jockets from the warships succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The fire in Hull has extended dYer eight acres. The damage is estimated at £1, 000,000, and the fire is still burning. Bailey and Leetham's engiue works have been destroyed, also a large hotel. The dock hose was found to be cut. The owners of the timber stack in the dock yards had sided with the Shipping Federation, and this is believed to be the reason of the incendiarism. Fires were discovered in other parts of the docks, but were quickly extinguished. Dragoons are protecting the hose from the attacks of the mob. The riots were renewed on Sunday. Dockers attempted to board the vessels under showers of stones ; the military, however, fired a few harm less shots, which had the- desired effect. The labour leaders in London have declined to organise measures to relieve the strikers at Hull. The question of a national strike is meanwhile left in abeyance. The fire at Hull is still burning. Sixty more dragoons have been sent to the town. At a mass meeting of 80,000 workmen in Victoria Park Mr J. H. Wilson, M.P. for Middlesborougb, said a national strike has not baen ordered, pending negotiations, but the leaders would be ready to call the men out if required. Hull is in a state of veiled rebellion. The weapons used by the strikers include catapults, bludgeons studded with nails, and iron bars.