STRIKE IN BRITAIN.
THE DUNKIRK TROUBLE. lJy Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Paris, July \i. There is a grave situation at Dunkirk, Dockers, seamen, coal heavers, carmen »nd lightermen are idle. SUICIDE AND STRIKE, i London, July 12. Two strikers who proposed to resume the work of unloading wool discovered that they had lost their permanent and committed suicide. Three hundred of their comrades thereupon ■track again. LORD DEVONPORT IMPEACHED. London, July 12. Lord Devonport is conferring with the Prime Minister and Mr. Buxton. The strike leaders have issued a protest accusing Lord Devonport of prevarication, insolence and malignity, and trying to destroy the unions by starvation. A DOCKERS' BLUFF. * SAVING THE LEADERS. Received 15, 12.30 a.m. London, July 14. Four hundred dockers, with Federation tickets in their hats, with their ■wives and children, processioned from the East End to the workhouse. The 'women then dropped out, and the men demanded outdoor relief, which was refused. Three hundred entered the workbouse. Many refused the porridge supplied and other food. The movement was clearly defeated, and the men were merely seeking to save the faces of their leaders.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 48, 15 July 1912, Page 5
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184STRIKE IN BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 48, 15 July 1912, Page 5
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