THE HOME STRIKES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10404, 26 August 1911, Page 5

THE HOME STRIKES

CABLE NEWS

United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.

LOSS OF RAILWAY REVENUE.

LABOUR LEADERS' CENSURE

(Received Last Night, 9 o'clock.)

LONDON, August 25,

The Railway Companies' revenue last week decreased by £500,000. It. is estimated that, with the increased cost of .working, the restricted services, and the damage to property, the loss will be fully £BOO,OOO. An acticle published by the Labour leader censures the Joint Committee for describing the abortive termination of the strike as' a victory ' for Trade Unionism. "It is a victory," says the article, "filling the Labour stalwarts with chagrin and dismay." Mr Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., in an article in the same journal, declares! that Mr Asquith, with no adequate explanation of his proposal, plunged for a Royal Commission. The offer was right down upon the railwaymen's representatives, and was more like a declaration of war than an incident in negotiations for peace. Windows were broken in the Lincoln riots, which will cost the city £2OOO to replace. . The Railway Servants' Society estimates that the strike pay to date has amounted to £70,000.

THE DISPUTES TERMINATED,

MR ASQUITH INTERVIEWED,

THE SHIPOWNERS FIRM,

(Received Last Night, 9.50 o'clock.)

LONDON, August 25

The workers in all branches at Liverpool have evinced satisfaction at the termination of the disputes. The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, interviewed, said he hoped the result of the settlement would be a cessation of strikes of every kind throughout j the city and a strict observance of the terms agreed upon. Differences, after such a crisis are, he says, possible; but Common sen-je on both sides should overcome them and enable them to forget the bitterness of the struggle. All the work done in calming the riots and smoothing the angry feelings of the people has been the work of h<>, Home Office. Commissioner T. O'Connor, in an interview, declared that he was convinced there would be no further disturbances. He trusted the settlement would bring peace many years to the commercial and industrial community. Mr Charles Booth, Chairman of cite Shipowners' Committee, declares r-hat the settlement of the tramways difficulty does not imply an immediate resumption at the docks. The shipowners, before cargo work is resumed, will insist upon guarantees from the dockers to fulfil the agreement. Earlier in the day, the Shipowners' Committee urged the tramway authorities not to yield to the monstrous threat of a general strike, warning them that peace at such a price would encourage a repetition of the same methods at the earliest convenient opportunity. The letter,added: ."There will, Jje .no lasting; peace^,until the methods of the Strike. Committee arid' National Transport Workers' Federation arediscredrfced'as hostile to the interests of sound"; Trade Unionism; and a menace to the prosperity of the country.?'

THE COAL DISPUTE,

NOT YET. SETTLED

Received This Morning, 12.& o'clock,

LONDON, August 25. The master and coal lightermen's dispute has not beenUettled. i One thousand coal barges at Thames are idle.