The Labour Agitation.
London, April 29. A compromise has .been arranged between the Medway lightermen and the masters, and the men have resumed work, The sailors on the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamers have struck, demanding 48 hours as a week's worts while the steamers are in harbour. The New Zealand Shipping Company have conceded the demand. The dockers endorse the demand made by the sailors, Much alarm is being felt in most European cities at the approaching labor demonstrations on Thursday, and in Vienna the residents are placing their valuables in the custody of the banks.
Tlio firameu aud drivers employed oil the Great Southern aud Western Kailwav, Ireland, will not strike unless the military intervene. The Directors havo decided that if the nien apologise and return to worlt, they will give Ml consideration to thojr alleged grievances. Archbishop Walsh is aoting as mediator between tlio employers and men.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3499, 1 May 1890, Page 2
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151The Labour Agitation. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3499, 1 May 1890, Page 2
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