THE LABOUR WAR.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1038, 19 August 1911, Page 3

THE LABOUR WAR.

j NO IMPROVEMENT. FRESH DEMANDS MADE. United I'yp.ss Association —jRi/ Elec trie Telegraph — Copyright. (Received August 18, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, August 17,. The Midland Railway bar- offered the loyalist mo;; :i bonus of 50 per ce:it. o". 'rages during the currency cf the strike. Twenty-one thousand" military reservists are employed on the various railways, whom the Government may summon. A number of small and, it is supposed, incendiary fires have occurred among the shipping at Liverpool. It is doubtful whether the Atlantic liners will bo able to leave owing to their inability to coal. The Canard and White Star crews have been paid off. Lord Raglan has applied for a cruised to transport provisions to the Isle of Man, ordinary communication having ceased owing to the strike. At;, to-day's. labour conference the Executive officers of the Railwaymen's Unions introduced a new feature, demanding the reinstatement' of all men locked out before discussing terms of settlement of the railway- I men's claims. The railway men have issued a manifesto demanding the same opportunities of combination as other workers, and also to have wages and hours settled by their own Union. They are. determined to accept nothing less, to settle the job now, once and for all. The Daily Mail states that at the conference it was asked if the companies would meet the Union officials half-way. The request was refused. There has been fresh trouble with, - the London dockers. Several cruisers have arrived in the' Mersey. (Received August 18, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. \, The railway managers' represents- > tives conferred separately with the Board of Trade. Mr Asquith attended the conference. The railwaymen's delegates declined the Government's offer to appoint immidiately a Royal Commission to inquire into the • grievances respecting v the working of the Conciliation Board. The managers offered to accept it. Mr Asquith warned the railwaymen of the consequences of refusal. -\ (Received August 18, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. _ The Daily Chronicle and the Morn r ing Leader uphold the principle of conciliation boards. The former paper declares that the sudden repudiation of the agreement of 1907, which would . have ended in 1914, will alienate pub-' lac sympathy. (Received August 18, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. /' The appearance of cruisers at Liverpool to protect shipping, with blue jackets prepared to land, coupled with the great military activity, has impressed the mobs. Tom Mann declares that he will not* issue further permits, and adds that the military can take the responsibility of getting carts through the streets. In an article in the Daily Mail, he states that the present strikes must move in the direction of securing in- 1 dustrial solidarity as opposed to sec- j • tional trade unionism. The outlook promises gloriously for the worker. is no necessity for anyone, even ; a labourer, working for under 40s weekly. He knew that the Unionists ' would take special pains to prevent artificial prices by launching co-opera-tive production and distribution. (Receipved August 18,11.15. a.m.) LONDON,-August 17. i j The railway men's secretary an- j ! nounces that the strike will now be- J gin. " Six trainloads of , troops brought twelve machine guns to London. : Mr Ohuirchil stated that, contrary to agreement, .some London lightermen had struck, objecting to the employment of non-unionists. I There has been further rioting at j < Liverpool. ' ■ " The/grayest feature to-day has been | the calling out of the power , house' | men in order to plunge tih'ecity into i ( darkness and stop the tramways. (Received August 18, 10.25 a.m.) i LONDON, August 17.. I The dockers complain of a breach of j overtime agreement. j The people of Manchester are sub- «., . sisting on reserves of food. Hundreds of the public are walking along the railway lines. ' , Efforts nWe to induce the tramwaymen to strike failed./ Many shopkeepers have removed tinned goods from their windowis. : • Shipowners offer to -withdraw, the _ lock-out on terms. •:■*■ , Five thousand railway men at Leeds ; have struck, and rnany also at Black- ! burn, Bradford and Leicester, in the absence of a truce, but other's await , the signal from headquarters. The trains at Manchester, Huddersfielc! and on all the Midland lines between Hull and Sheffield are suspended. : Rioters destroyed a Midland signal box.at Sheffield because it was Used after the signalmen had struck. The Gordon Highlanders -have arrived to protect the railways. The troops from Aldershot have reached London. Arrangements have been made for five thousand to camp in Victoria' Park. j