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ENGLISH. London, September 2, The strikors' meeting in Hyde Park was of an orderly character. Burns said the marks of sympathy they had received from tho colonies were true federation, Parleying had ended, and the men now awaited the surrender of the dock owners,
Tho meeting wna smaller .then last,
The dock owners say they will onl; negotiato with employes, Pickets are being doubled.
The agreement between wharfingers and ship owners has collapsed, Strikers are quiescent, Eight hundred "black-legs" are housed and employed in the docks. The directors of the companies allege Burns has just in. vited seven thousand strikers to invade the docks and remove these men, and have appealed to Mr Matthews, the Home Secretary, for liolp. Police have been despatched to their assistance.
Tho strike has cost ilio P, and 0. Company £15,000 during the past fortnight,
The Salvation Army, together with Mr Buxton, M,P,, and others, are providing daily food for thousands of the strikers' families, Funds are urgently needed to avert absolute starvation,
Further large • contributions are anticipated from America and Australia, The stonemasons in America have promised to remit £IOO weekly, Tho strikers cause is being warmly advocated by a number of members of Parliament, including Messrs Cremer, Graham, Stuart, and James Kowlands.
Australian MiiLnouuNE, September 3, '" At a mass meeting of sympathisers with the London strike JJI7OO was collected, A civil engineer, named Landell, lias been arrested for the murder of Sherlock, another engineer, who was found dead at Bingwood. He admits he accidentally shot him, The Argus, referring to tho demand of thfl Victorian fishermen that duty should bo imposed on New Zealand would be batter if they wero less indolent, and instead of growling'about ring's and middlemen made more energetic efforts to put the trade on a business footing. The flsh trade is miserably apathetic, and the' ppt cqpinetitjon is probably good for everybody al) round,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3300, 4 September 1889, Page 2
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