Strikes in Britain

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 55, 26 August 1911, Page 5

Strikes in Britain

SETTLEMENT AT LIVERPOOL:

MAD STRIKERS STONE THE FIREMEN. By Oable—-Press Association—Copyright. London, August 24. The Liverpool Shipowners and Stevedores' Associations strongly urge the tramway authorities not to yield, as the strike committee's threats are inimical to lasting peace. The strikers organised a procession, but the authorities prohibited it marching along Scotland road (the Irish quarters of Liverpool). The residents were incensed, and three thousand attacked the tTamcars, smashed the windows and assailed the drivers and conductors. The military restored order. During the burning of a motor factory at Lincoln the mob jeered the brigade and stoned the firemen who were wading into the river to obtain water. A vail fell, killing a constable and fatally Injuring a bystander. A scheme is progressing to amalgamate the trades unions. Ben Tillet states that if the amalgamation is effected it will have an initial membership of a quarter of a million. It is intended to pool the funds and standardJse the benefits.

A POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT. London, August 24. The tramway authorities at Liverpool have decided to reinstate the men when their services are required. t. A STRIKE IN GERMANY. Berlin, August 24. The dockers at Bremen refused to onload English vessels which were loaded by English strike-breakers. A LIVERPOOL SETTLEMENT. : " London, August 24. - By unanimously accepting the tramway decision the Liverpool strike committee has declared the strike settled. A FRACTION OF THE COST. LABOR LEADERS ANNOYED WITH THE "VICTORY." t _ Received 25, 9 p.m. , ~ r ' London, August 25. The railway companies' revenue last week decreased by half a million. It is estimated that, with the increased cost of working the restricted services and the damage to property, the loss was fully £BOO,OOO. An article published by the Labor leaders censures the joint committee for describing the abortive terminating of the strike as. a victory for trade unionism. It was a victory filling the Labor stalwarts with chagrin and dismay. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, in an article in the same journal, declares that Mr. Asquith, with no adequate explanation of his proposal, plunged for a Royal Commission. The offer was right down upon the railwaymen's representatives and' more like a declaration of war than an incident in the negotiations for peace.

The windows broken in the' Lincoln riots will cost the city £2OOO to replace. The Railway Servants' Society estimates that strike pay will amount to £70,000. BRITISH PREMIER INTERVIEWED. SHIPOWNERS IMPOSE TERMS. THE PURCHASE PRICE OF PEACE, Received 25, 9.50 p.m. London, August 25. Workers in all branches at Liverpool hare evinced satisfaction at the termination of the disputes. Mr. Asquith, interviewed, said he hoped the result of the settlement would be the cessation of strikes of every kind throughout the city and the strict observance of the terms agreed upon. Differences after such a crisis were possible, but by commonsense both sides should overcome them and forget the bitterness of the struggle. All the work done in calming the riots and smoothing the angry feelings of the people had been the work of the Home Office Commis-

sioners.

Mr. T. O'Connor, interviewed, declared he was convinced that there would be no further disturbance. He trusted the settlement would bring peace for many years to the commercial and industrial

community. Mr. Charles Booth, chairman of the Shipowners' committee, declared that the settlement of the tramways difficulty did not imply an immediate resumption at the docks. Shipowners, before cargo work resumed, would insist on guarantees from the dockers that they would fulfil the agreement. Earlier in the day the shipowners' committee urged the tramway authorities not to yield to the monstrous threat of a general strike, warning them that peace at such a price would encourage a repetition of the same methods at the earliest convenient opportunity. The letter added that there could be no lasting peace until the methods of the strike committee and the National Transport Workers' Federation were discredited as hostile to the interests of sound trade unionism and a menace to the prosperity of the country.

RIOTERS STONE THE POLICE. BUT FLY FROM A REVOLVER. A HOT TIME AT BARGOED. Received 25, 10,40 p.m. London, August 25. Barnett, a jeweller at Bargoed, whose shop was partially plundered, appeared at the door and threatened with a revolver anyone continuing their depredations. The attackers thereupon withdrew. The rioters showed much daring, operating within twenty yards of the police

station, and (J/Jcamped to tlie side streets only when caught between two fires by the police making a wide detour. Fresh rioting took place last night, when it was intended to avenge the previous baton charges. The fact that the town was in semi-darkness, owing to the shops closing for the half-holiday, proved an advantage to the rough element, who stoned the police.

Reinforcements of the Glamorgan Constabulary and a detachment of the Woicestershire Regiment arrived by train. The police were the first to make a charge, then the Worcesters fixed bayonets and drove the mob helterskelter along the streets. Several were injured, but the fugutives into the side streets again gathered, following and jeering the troops. The latter turned and charged repeatedly, the mob retreating in the direction of Cilfoch. They smashed many windows in Jewish and other residences before order was restored. COAL LIGHTERMEN'S STRIKE. Received 26, 1.5 a.m. London, August 25. The master coal lightermen's dispute has not been settled. A thousand coal barges in the Thames are idle.