DISCONTENT IN PORTUGAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 941, 14 January 1911, Page 2

DISCONTENT IN PORTUGAL.

STRIKE OF RAIEWAYMENT Lisbon, January 12. The industrial unrest which has been apparent in Eisbon for some time has culminated in the strike of railway men, who demand an eight hours and an increase of wages amounting to ,£120,000 annually. The companies offered increases aggregating ,£40,000 and a nine hours day, but the men would not accept these, and ceased work. No trains are running anywhere in Portugal, and the Government is organising a motorcar service for the conveyance of mails. The strikers’ committee is discouraging sabotage. SHOP HANDS CEASE WORK. Eisbon, January 12. The shop hands in Eisbon have also struck for a twelve hours day, with Sunday as a day of rest. All the shops are closed. The Minister of the Interior has promised redress at the earliest possible opportunity. Several encounters have occurred in the streets between the strikers and those objecting to the strike, but the Republican Guard dispersed the demonstrators. AN EXILED PREMIER. Eisbon, Jan. 12. Senhor Franco, ex-Prime Minister, has been expelled from the country, and is now living at Biarritz. SETTLEMENT IN PROGRESS. Lisbon, Jan. 12. The shops have been re-opened and the postal service restored. A new decree arranges a weekly day of rest. A railway settlement is being negotiated. Trains are being allowed to provision at Lisbon.