GERMAN STRIKES.
[p.Y ELEOTKIO TELEfi HA PII. — OOP YRIf! lIT.] 11 kui,in. May 1">. Tnrc Wostplialian miners' deputatation, in accordance, with the promise made (o iheni, had an interview of ten minutes with the Emperor William. They asked him to enquire into their case, and he replied that be had already been inquiring. The Emperor urged tlieni to resume work, and went on to warn them that he would employ all the mighty resources at the disposal of the head of tho German Empire to repress socialist agitation and intrigues, and if there was the slightest resistance be would shoot every man. They might protest as much as they liked, so long as they we.re peaceable, when he would see that they received due protection. It is estimated the strike occasions a daily loss to capitalists of a million marks. May IG. Prince P>ismarck is said to be much concerned at the spread of the strikes in Westphalia which are evidently caused by widely disaffected organisations. As an outcome of the strikes large quantities of coal, coke, and iron have been purchased in England for use. in Germany.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2629, 18 May 1889, Page 2
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188GERMAN STRIKES. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2629, 18 May 1889, Page 2
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