THE STRIKE IN BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 301, 17 June 1912, Page 5

THE STRIKE IN BRITAIN

THE STRIKERS DRILLING. APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT. By OM»— Pk» Aasoeiation—Copyright. London, June 14. Two thousand so-called strikers and civilian police, carrying large cudgels, paraded Tower Hill. Stanbury, the organiser, has been cummoned for drilling men in South-wa-rk Park without permission. It is understood that the Strike Committee have approached the Government with the view of ending the The' Manchester dockers have returned work.

A REIGN OF TERROR. London, June 14. There is a notable increase in the ■umber of men resuming work. The London lightermen are now the main•tay of the dispute, and but for them the conditions are approaching normal. One hundred and thirty ships are being discharged. The men's leaders Teport that there are 140,000 men out in all parts. East End clergymen report that many gangs are terrorising and ill-treating free laborers in their homes. FIZZLING OUT. MEN RESUMING WORK. Received 16, 5.5 p.m. London, June 15. The strike is fizzling out. The National Laborers' Union at Cardiff and Penarth has declined to strike. The secretary of the Seafarers' Union at Southampton has informed the London Strike Committee that Mr. Ben Tillet had no right to issue a manifesto without the consent of affiliated unions. The British Dockers' Executive has declared the strike off. The Strike Committee members believe that there is a possibility of the Industrial Council effecting a settlement, but still demand that all the men shall be reinstated. The employers at Bristol, incensed by breach of contracts by numerous strikers, have not allowed them to resume for the present.

BLUFF AND BUNKUM. Received 17, 12.25 a.m. London, June 16. The secretary of the Seafarers' Union at Southampton says that all London •will strike. The committee's telegrams are "bounce, bunkum and bluff." Seafarers desired progress and plenty, not progress and poverty.