LABOUR UNREST.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13527, 8 November 1911, Page 5

LABOUR UNREST.

BRITISH RAILWAY TROUBLES. Another Strike Feared. Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, November 7. Several newspapers fear the renewal of the railway strike at Christmas, possibly in combination with the miners . ■ The railway men at Llanelly, who hold the key in South Wales, have rejected a motion* to strike, and have substituted one condemnatory of the ’ Executive for not declaring a national. strike and permitting Government intervention. They deprecated the present ballot, implying lack of confidence, between the leaders and the men. They also authorised the Strike Committee ! immediately to organise a- strike, . The railway companies, are conferring with a view to united action in the event of the ballot resulting in favour of a strike. Measures, including the enrolment" of x large number of special constables in the uniforms of railway police, are being taken ,to protect workers from .aggressive picketing. , n .