The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, MARCH 26; 1912. THE CREATE STRIKE.
In iiiV article ’ hiipea'riiig in the 1 “Fort nightly Review,” the writer deal; with strikes and the great industrial troubles now looming large on the horizon. He quotes from the leader; of syndicalism to show that its aim hthe overthrow of the present capitalis tic society, and the substitution o; unions: iof working 1 imeh, cdritrqllihf the whole of i'ndiistfyT, He ’ re:commends Great Britain,.bo sawe, from 'thi{ : propaganda; her i ‘Workmen, •• -whoso bodies -are ; now ' being starved ' 'hi wages insufficient' for. healthy sub sistence, and, whose minds are thm-. left, an easy prey to this fierce inter national contagion. The solution c the problem, however, does not ye. appear,' and in Britain and on th«. Continent there are gravest misgiv ing. The great coal strike at Hoim is now in its fourth week, and the outlook is not improving. The Min ers’ Federation seeks to paralyse ah industry, and has so far been sue cessful that ruin and panic are abroad. The efforts of the Government tc bring about industrial peace seem t., have been utterly in vain, and maj even cause the Ministry’s downfall Sir Edward Grey has stated that “the Government would not neglect mean; to secure coal, which ought not to b; .withheld from the nationbut hov is it going to do what it promises; It has now been computed that tin miners’ folly is costing the Britisi nation ten millions sterling weekly and even in these distant lands wt are affected. From messages received to-day, it appears that agitator; are urging a general strike, that greatest of disasters. Unrest anc. recklessness pervade the industria, mind and at present the chances o. peace seem remote indeed.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 76, 26 March 1912, Page 4
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297The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, MARCH 26; 1912. THE CREATE STRIKE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 76, 26 March 1912, Page 4
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