THE DOCK STRIKES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2690, 8 October 1889, Page 2

THE DOCK STRIKES.

(BY KLKCTHIC TEUililt.U'll— UOl'YIllfillT.) Los do.v, October 0. At a meeting, Mr C. IVI. Norwood, in his capacity as chairman of the Associated Dock Companies, siicl the recent strike was a Socialist movement. One of its ellects would be to obliterate the " casuals.' Jlr Norwood said the surrender of the companies was the outcome of the assertion by Cardinal Manning that tumult was eminent, and of the threat by Lord Mayor Whitehead to open a relief fund, combined with the pressure of the Customs authorities, and the unexpected assistance by the Australian colonies. He admitted the advance to 6d an hour would attract a superior class of men, and enable the companies to dispense with overtime. Mr Norwood concluded by saying, " with an applause-hunting Go\ernment, an incapable. Home Secretary, a police who connived at the violence of the strikers, an apathetic plutocracy, an emotional public, and designing agitators, London was at the mercy of the mob." A resolution was passed thanking the directors, and censuring Sir Matthews, the Home Secretary. Mr Burns admits that £47,000 was received from outside sources, and declares that any surplus will lie used to alleviate the distress arising from the strike. Four hundred of the dock labourers have struck on the grounds that the companies are giving undue preference to the " blacklegs.'