THE LABOUR WAR.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10404, 26 August 1911, Page 6

THE LABOUR WAR.

United Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.

POSITION IN LIVERPOOL

RIOT IN LINCOLN

(Received August 25, 10.50 a.m.)

LONDON, August 24,

The Liverpool Shipowners' and Stevedores' Association strongly urge the (tramways authorities not to yield, as the Strike Committee's threats are inimical to lasting peace.

The strikers organised a procession, but the authorities prohibited it marching along Scotland Road. The residents were incensed, and three thousand attacked the tramcars, smashed the windows, and assailed the drivers and conductors. The military restored order. . The tramwaymen who have not been reinstated at Liverpool number 250. The tramway authorities at Liverpool have decided to reinstate the men when their services are required. During the burning of a, motor faor tory at Lincoln, the mob jeered* the brigade and stoned the firemen who. were wading into the river to obtain water. A. wall fell, killing a constable and fatally injuring a bystander. The last of the Manchester strikes has ended by one thousand labourers employed in an engineering firm obtaining the minimum of £1 per week.

The short sea traders and their employees hare signed an agreement. One clause prohibits strikes and compels the men to refer any grievance to their respective societies, and the Board of Trade will arbitrate in the event of the Master' Association and the Men's Society failing to settle the dispute. A scheme is progressing to amalgamate trades unions. Ben Tillett states that if amalgamation is effected they will have an initial membership of a quarter of a million. It is intended to pool funds and standardise benefits. A newspaper correspondent at Darlington states that the doctrine of the minimum wage has a firm Ihold on the railwaymen. The latter are familiar with the sliding scale as regards prices and wages in the coal and iron trades, and they are anxious to apply the principle to the lower grade railwaymen's earnings.