LABOUR, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2545, 22 August 1893, Page 1

LABOUR, ETC.

London, August 17. Lancashire miners are begging from door to door. One hundred and thirty thousand hands are idle in Wales. Thirty passenger trains on the Great Northern line have had to be stopped, owing to the dearness of coal. One thousand strikers marched on Ebbwvalo in Monmouth, Wales, in order to intimidate the men who had taken their pjacesi The latter retaliated and a fierce fight ensued. A number on either side were injured. The Cumberland miners have resumed work at an advance of 10 per cent. The Durham miners have refused to strike. Notwithstanding the presence of the troops, the Welsh miners have closed all the pits and terrorised the non-uuionists. Owing to the scarcity of coal, the steamship owners are refusing charters, and factories are stopping work in all directions. August 19. Cordons of soldiers and policemen surround the working districts in Ebbwvale, Twenty thousand Welsh miners are marching on Merthyr and Treharris colleries to compel the cessation of work The excitement in Wales on account of the strike continues, and at Pontypridd cavalry an d police are patrolling the atiWte-. The stock of coal at the gasvfprke Is almost' exhausted and it is fewed tho towbe in dtffkpess to night, . a wu The variona M—-’ . . . turb'ed ' 3> ' ■ gistrates in the disdistricts are prepared day and night to read the Riot Act, and express the determination to suppress the trouble with drastic measures. Three thousand troops are stationed in Cardiff and Newport. The strikers who marched on Merthyr Treharris c illeries compelled a cessation of work The ricotch iron-masters have closed down their furnaces owing to the dearness of fuel. A number of mechanics and tradesmen, angry at the losses caused by the strike, attacked a large body of Welsh miners, and a fierce fight ensued, in which the weapons were principally huge staves. Many were injured, andthe miners eventually gave way and fled. The assailants included a number of miners, who were were willing to work but had been prevented by the strikers. The men who were attacked in some instances used pistols to defend themselves. The police and military intervened, and finally quelled the disturbance. Ten thousand men assembled at Pontypridd, and prayed for divine guidance during the strike. August 20. All the miners in Fifeshire and Kin-r»ss-shire have gone out on strike. Paris, August 17. French workers attacked the Italian labourers in the vicinity of the mines and a general melee took place. Ten persons were killed and 40 injured. August 20. The fight between the French workers and the Italian labourers,in the vicinity of the mines was resumed to-day. Hundreds of the latter sought refuge in a farm house, but the Frenchmen set to work and demolished the roof of the building. The foreigners, finding themselves beaten, fled, but were chased, and fifty killed and about 150 wounded. A large number of Italians who had rushed to a bakery were saved by the troops, who had been summoned to quell the disturbance.