THE MARITIME STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 4, 29 June 1911, Page 5

THE MARITIME STRIKE.

CONFUSION AMONG EMPLOYERS.

By cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, June 27.

The confusion prevalent owing to the chipping strike is due to the shipowners in each pert negotiating with the seamen independently of other ports. Many owners are urging the Shipping Fmlora-. tion to abandon the policy of non-inter-vention and to formulate a fixed scale of wages. If this is not accepted, the Federation shipowners would lay up their ships. Ben Tillett has issued a manifesto, in which he states that 40,<KM> Asiatics are employed in the British mercantile marine. The Shipping Federation, ne says, is shipping Chinese coolies in greater numbers than the Tory Government shipped' them to South Africa. He declared that leading Liberal financiers demand this as the price of supporting the Liberal Party. Tom Mann states that 65 per cent, of tile shipping firms in Liverpool, includ- . ing the Gulf Line, have already granted the of wages. The crews of three P. and 0. boats at Tilbury have struck. Carters airi' dockers at Liverpool have joined the strike. The Pacific line has conceded the increase. The dockers at Manchester. and on the Tyne have struck, and the fleet of colliers ok the Tyne has been rendered idle. Shipping at Sunderland is paralysed. A thousand dockers at Glasgow have struck. Representatives of 41 coasting shipowning firms met at Newcastle and rejected the demand for an increase. AN EFFECTIVE LEVER. Received 28, 10 p.m. London, June 28. The Carters' Union and the Dock Laborers' Union, of Liverpool, have decided not to handle goods belonging to firms involved .in the strikes. As a result, a number of shipowners conceded the men's demands. WORK AT A STANDSTILL. Received 28, 10 p.m. London, June 28. Amsterdam, June 28. Work is at a standstill on twenty out of thirty-five steamers. ~ i