THE STRIKE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2682, 19 September 1889, Page 2

THE STRIKE.

(IIY KLKCTRIO TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT.) London, September 1(!. Vγ the meeting of strikers in Hyde Park, the Australian flag was'waved from the platform, surrounded by (lowers, It preceded all the flags in the procession.

Four thousand men were working ii the docks when the strike ended.

The Socialists claim the. result as a triumph for their principles.

Tlip leaders make no concealment of their intention to organise different kinds of labour in preparation for a general strike next summer.

It is asserted that numbers of strikers were kept on good pay, and that Burns did not give his services without remuneration. It is alleged he was able to spend money lavishly during the strike.

The dock owners assert that the London papers published garbled accounts of the strike, which wnre cabled to Australia, while the American papers published both sides of the question.

The strikers who have been reengaged are molesting the blacklegs. Many of the blacklegs were ducked and stoned.

Burns, in addressing the men, advised a patient policy, and he threatened, if the dock companies violated the agreement, to organise another strike, which would paralyse the trade of London. It is reported that Burns' visit to Australia is to organise in the colonies the preliminaries of a strike of a more extensive scale. There is a general depression in business circles with regard to the future. - , ■ • ■ September 17. The strikers still continue to molest the blacklegs, and to-day 250 of the latter were chased from shed to shed at the Albert Docks, finally being penned in corners; but a posse of police prevented actual violence taking place although the aggressors numbered one thousand. In consequence of this disturbance a deputation from the directors of the Dock Companies waited on Mr J. Monro, G. 8., Chief Commissioner of Police, requesting him to disperse the rioters. Mr Monro declined to take action on the ground that his subordinates had reported that matters were going on as smoothly as could possibly be expected.

The molesting has occurred at other docks as well as at the Albert but disturbers of the peace were promptly paid off. It is believed that loafers, and not genuine dock hands are responsible for these outrages.

At one of the docks today 30 blacklegs who were hotly pursued by 150 strikers narrowly escaped being killed by a dock engine. Many of the blacklegs are terrified at the hostile action of the strikers and have abandoned their work.