THE ENGLISH STRIKES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1032, 12 August 1911, Page 6

THE ENGLISH STRIKES.

VIOLENCE IN LONDON

GRAVE POSITION AT LIVERPOOL

(Received August 11, 10.15 a.m.) 1 ' LONDON, August 10. Some London streets are as quiet as on Sundays, and all commercial and vehicular traffic has ceased. Extra, police have been drafted to ■the strike areas. ■ ■. Crowds at Paddington prevented the vans leaving. '; . There have been many isolated cases of personal injuries and. arrests. The,'fish porters at Billingsgate refused to work unless 2s per hour were paid them.' The masters conceded the demand. Mr Askwith has arranged a settlement with the coal porters, and an agreement is being signed giving increased wages and other concessions. The conditions at Liverpool are ranidly becoming wors«. Detachments. of the Warwickshire Regiment and two hundred Irish Constabulary have arrived. There were riotous scene? ..at the Central Station. ; < The bmnibus Company has withdrawn one-third of its omnibuses owing to a shortage of pstrol. There is only a three days' supply

romaining. , The steamer Turakina landed her J passengers at Plymouth. The strike situation at Liverpool lias assumed a threatening aspect. Pickets prevent goods leaving the docks and railway depots, and the good service of the district is held up. The passenger service is ako dislocated. Numerous disorders and outrages have occurred, including the overturning of a brewer's dray and the knocking-in of the bungs and distributing beer to the mob. j The Lord Mayor and Chief Constable of Liverpool conferred with prominent leaders of the strikers, with a view to possible action for preserving the peaco and obviating the necessity of utilising outside forces.

(Received August 11, 8.06 a.m.) LONDON, August 11. Mr J. H. Thomas, M.P., secretary of the Society of Railwaymen, declared that the discontent is steadily growing in all grades of the service, and grievances are numerous. Particularly complete dissatisfaction prevails with the work of the Conciliation Boards, which, it is alleged, have throughout favoured the employers, while it is also exceedingly difficult to get decisions put into operation. The combinations and pooling arrangements of the great lines are affecting the workers adversely. The present situation has arisen spontaneously. The Union has not organised the strike. Non-Unionists are receiving strike pay, half tho strikers being nonUnionists. Mr Thomas added that London may be completely isolated and food sup- | plies cut off.